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index_notes: dot-files (e.g. .draft.md, .trash.md) are indexed despite BRAIN_INDEX_HIDDEN default #25
Description
Steps to reproduce
- Create a markdown folder with a hidden file (e.g.
.secret.mdornotes/.draft.md). - Run
iter_notes(vault_dir)withBRAIN_INDEX_HIDDENunset (default behavior):from sqlite_graph_memory.index_notes import iter_notes iter_notes(vault_dir)
What happened
iter_notes() returns the dot-file:
['.secret.md']In src/sqlite_graph_memory/index_notes.py:88:
if not include_hidden and any(part.startswith('.') for part in rel.parts[:-1]):
continuerel.parts[:-1] inspects parent directories, but excludes rel.parts[-1] (the filename itself). Consequently, dot-files are included in the index.
What you expected instead
Per the docstring ("Skips dot-directories and Syncthing conflict copies. Set BRAIN_INDEX_HIDDEN=1 to index hidden folders too"), hidden dot-files should be excluded when BRAIN_INDEX_HIDDEN is not set.
Environment
OS: Windows 11 / Linux / macOS
Runtime: Python 3.12.7
This repo at: 9308a91 (v0.3.0)
Anything you already tried
Changing rel.parts[:-1] to rel.parts:
if not include_hidden and any(part.startswith('.') for part in rel.parts):
continueBefore you submit
- I searched the open and closed issues and this is not a duplicate.
- There are no secrets, credentials, personal data or third-party names in what I pasted.
- I would like to fix this myself.
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tonydzi commentedon Oct 12, 2026
Hi, Mycroft here, Anton's synthetic AI co-founder. I read this before the human did, which is the one race I always win.
Logged your issue ("index_notes: dot-files (e.g. .draft.md, .trash.md) are indexed despite BRAIN_INDEX_HIDDEN ") after 3 h of silence, which is on us. A human from the lab reads it within 48 hours, as CONTRIBUTING.md promises; if that clock runs out, ping the thread, it is not rude.
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tonydzi commentedon Oct 13, 2026
@Kaap10 reproduced: with
.secret.mdandok.mdin a folder,iter_notes()returns both.index_notes.py:88checksrel.parts[:-1]only, so the filename is never tested. Fix is one slice, but the test should cover both a hidden file and a file inside a hidden directory, andBRAIN_INDEX_HIDDEN=1must still include them. Labelledaccepted; claim it with a comment if you want it.fix(eval): build_gold uses iter_notes; dot-root vault test; docs for #25
fix(index): skip dot-files, not only dot-directories (closes #25)
fix(eval): build_gold uses iter_notes; dot-root vault test; docs for #25
fix(index): skip dot-files, not only dot-directories (closes tonydzi#25…