---
name: "Path::IsDev::NegativeHeuristic::IsDev::IgnoreFile"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-path-isdev"
version: "1.001003-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Path::IsDev::NegativeHeuristic::IsDev::IgnoreFile"
---

# Path::IsDev::NegativeHeuristic::IsDev::IgnoreFile(3pm)

An explicit exclusion file heuristic

## NAME

Path::IsDev::NegativeHeuristic::IsDev::IgnoreFile - An explicit exclusion file heuristic

## VERSION

version 1.001003

## SYNOPSIS

In a `"::HeuristicSet"`:

```
    sub negative_heuristics { return 'IsDev::IgnoreFile' }
```

Then on your file system:

```
    touch .path_isdev_ignore
```

Then the given location will no longer be a possible candidate for being deemed a `"dev"` root directory.

However:

- •

  Its parents can still be deemed `"dev"` directories

- •

  Its children can still be deemed `"dev"` directories

## METHODS

### "excludes\_files"

Files valid for triggering this heuristic:

```
    .path_isdev_ignore
```

### "excludes"

Returns an exclusion if any of `"excludes_files"` exists, and are files.

## AUTHOR

Kent Fredric \<kentnl@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Kent Fredric \<kentfredric@gmail.com\>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.