From 147911a2899c9513cd49a205c6a07c418c4651c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos de Paula <me@carlosedp.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:06:39 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allow navigating excluded directories when shown

---
 yazi-actor/src/mgr/exclude_add.rs | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 yazi-actor/src/mgr/ignore.rs      | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yazi-actor/src/mgr/exclude_add.rs b/yazi-actor/src/mgr/exclude_add.rs
index 089e630a..5a07ee5e 100644
--- a/yazi-actor/src/mgr/exclude_add.rs
+++ b/yazi-actor/src/mgr/exclude_add.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl Actor for ExcludeAdd {
 
 		// Check if the current folder itself is matched by any of the patterns
 		// If so, don't apply the filter - we're viewing inside a gitignored directory
-		if let Some(_cwd_path) = cwd.as_path() {
+		if let Some(cwd_path) = cwd.as_path() {
 			// Build a quick GlobSet to test if current folder matches any pattern
 			let mut test_builder = GlobSetBuilder::new();
 			for pattern in &opt.patterns {
@@ -44,6 +44,33 @@ impl Actor for ExcludeAdd {
 					test_builder.add(glob);
 				}
 			}
+
+			// Check if CWD matches any ignore pattern
+			if let Ok(test_set) = test_builder.build() {
+				// Test both absolute path and relative components
+				let mut matches_ignore = test_set.is_match(cwd_path);
+
+				// Also check path components for patterns like "target" matching
+				// "/path/to/target"
+				if !matches_ignore {
+					if let Some(components) = cwd_path.to_str() {
+						for (i, _) in components.match_indices('/').skip(1) {
+							if let Some(subpath) = components.get(i + 1..) {
+								if test_set.is_match(subpath) {
+									matches_ignore = true;
+									break;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				// If we're inside an excluded directory, don't apply any filters
+				// This allows viewing the contents of gitignored directories
+				if matches_ignore {
+					succ!();
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Get existing patterns from config
diff --git a/yazi-actor/src/mgr/ignore.rs b/yazi-actor/src/mgr/ignore.rs
index 03e4e990..047ba0d2 100644
--- a/yazi-actor/src/mgr/ignore.rs
+++ b/yazi-actor/src/mgr/ignore.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,27 @@ impl Actor for Ignore {
 
 		let exclude_patterns = YAZI.files.excludes_for_context(&cwd_str);
 
+		// Check if we're inside an excluded directory
+		// If so, don't apply filters to allow viewing excluded directory contents
+		if let Some(cwd_path) = cwd.as_path() {
+			// Quick test: does the CWD match any exclude pattern?
+			for pattern in &exclude_patterns {
+				if pattern.starts_with('!') {
+					continue; // Skip negation patterns
+				}
+
+				// Simple pattern matching for common cases like ".git", "target", etc.
+				if let Some(name) = cwd_path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
+					// Remove glob wildcards for comparison
+					let clean_pattern = pattern.trim_end_matches("/**").trim_start_matches("**/");
+					if name == clean_pattern || pattern == name {
+						// We're inside an excluded directory, skip applying filters
+						succ!();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Create glob matcher function for compiled patterns
 		let glob_matcher: Option<Arc<dyn Fn(&std::path::Path) -> Option<bool> + Send + Sync>> =
 			if !exclude_patterns.is_empty() {