From 2b00cae8e11d28ec67ac0e169f50462dceec0ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos de Paula <me@carlosedp.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:02:29 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Enhance context matching for exclude rules with wildcard
 support

---
 yazi-config/src/files/exclude.rs | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yazi-config/src/files/exclude.rs b/yazi-config/src/files/exclude.rs
index 263c4884..c5818820 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/files/exclude.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/files/exclude.rs
@@ -98,12 +98,29 @@ impl Exclude {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		// Handle glob patterns
+		// Handle glob patterns with wildcard
 		if self.context.ends_with("/**") {
 			let prefix = &self.context[..self.context.len() - 3];
-			path.starts_with(prefix)
-		} else {
-			path == self.context || path.starts_with(&format!("{}/", self.context))
+			
+			// Check if path starts with prefix (absolute path match)
+			if path.starts_with(prefix) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			
+			// Check if path contains the pattern anywhere (for relative patterns like "/target/**")
+			// This allows "/target/**" to match "/home/user/project/target/debug"
+			if prefix.starts_with('/') && !prefix.starts_with("//") {
+				// Single leading slash means relative pattern - check if path contains this segment
+				let pattern = &prefix[1..]; // Remove leading slash
+				if path.contains(&format!("/{}/", pattern)) || path.ends_with(&format!("/{}", pattern)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return false;
 		}
+		
+		// Exact match or prefix match for non-wildcard patterns
+		path == self.context || path.starts_with(&format!("{}/", self.context))
 	}
 }