VS Code: Excluding files with same name but different Extension

Question

I got a question regarding the file exclusion feature in VS Code. Currently I am working with LaTex in VSC and I would like Code to ignore most of the master.* files being shown in the File Explorer, except of course the master.tex and master.pdf.

I tried adding some patterns to the settings.json:

"files.exclude": {
    "master.tex": false,
    "master.*": true,   
    "*.lol": true
},

As well as:

"files.exclude": {
    "master.*": true,
    "master.tex": false,   
    "*.lol": true
},

But these don't work, as they exclude all master.* files. I could of course add all the extension by hand, but I would really like there to be a more elegant solution.

Thank you in advance :)

@Alex the question asked is not a duplicate in my opinion. The pattern of exclusion is different and the answer given there cannot apply to this problem. — Muldec, Jul 16 '19 at 08:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '19 at 08:12

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There's no Simple way to do this but this syntax does what you want :

"files.exclude": {
    "master.[^tp]*": true, 
    "master.[^tp][^ed]*": true, 
    "master.[^tp][^ed][^xf]*": true, 
    "*.lol": true
},

answered Jul 16 '19 at 08:12

Muldec

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Thank you so much for the answer, it solved the Problem! :) – Benno Grimm Jul 16 '19 at 08:40

VS Code: Excluding files with same name but different Extension

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