Use it now
CLAUDE.md/rules directory scan can now skip paths matched by an exclude pattern
What
When Claude Code walks a directory looking for CLAUDE.md files and other rules files, the walker and its helper functions now accept an exclude matcher: a pattern that marks certain paths as ones to skip. This is checked alongside the existing checks that already skip symlinks, binary files, and similar cases.
Why
This gives Claude Code a way to leave out specific paths when scanning for rules files, on top of the checks it already applies.
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The finding does not say what supplies the exclude matcher or how a user configures it.