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Do Not Search Index Folders

@TODO: This is not fully correct, need help There is not a very compelling reason to have Gn ome index PHP's /vendor folder nor Nodes node_modules folder. It convolutes things and takes up space.

To customize, press SUPER and search for dconf, open dconf-editor. Press CTRL+L to focus on the location and go here (you can copy paste): /org/freedesktop/tracker/miner/files/ignored-directories-with-content

  • Untick Use Default Value
  • In Custom Value, append the following, here is my full text:
    • ['.trackerignore', '.git', '.hg', 'node_modules', 'vendor']
  • In the Terminal type the following:
    • tracker status to see how much space is used to index.
    • tracker index -f . to re-index
    • I am uncertain, but I would also update internal database for searching, type: sudo updatedb
    • Lastly, you can type tracker status again

If you notice, .trackerignore can be placed in any folder, and the tracker (or file indexer) will ignore that individual folder as well. This is a global way to do it and it's easier.