distignore

A gulp filter that removes files matching the contents of .distignore. Use with gulp.src() .distignore is a Wordpress ignore file that ensures releases do not contain unneccessary files.

If the .distignore file is not present then no files will be filtered.

Installation

npm i distignore --save-dev

Usage

const gulp = require( 'gulp' );

const distIgnore = require( "gulp-distignore" );

async function copyFiles() 
{    
    gulp.src( "**" )
        .pipe( distIgnore( ) )
        .pipe( gulp.dest( "dist" ) );
}

gulp.task( 'copy', copyFiles );

Options

Options can be passed to distignore by including an object as a parameter

.
.
.pipe( distIgnore( { dir : 'src' } ) )
.
.

dir

Specifies the directory to load the .distignore file from. defaults to the working directory if this is not passed

I would consider this an early beta so use at your own risk