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This is a relevant enhancement request from nbphp forum intiated by jstrope user. Use case for multiple source folders could be one described below. Use case: Directory structure is often given (and big). What if only 2 folders of hundreds are needed for an project? In that case, instead of having only of 20-30 files I need, NB includes all folders, which have hundreds of thouthends of files.
One more use case from user: How big is the project you serach in and it takes 3 - 5 sec? It is very big, cause there are no possibility to exclude folders from project. In this project there are about 30000 files. I need only 4 folders, which would reduce number of files to about 1000.
> there are no possibility to exclude folders from project This should be possible I think, adjust regular expression of Ignored Files in Tools > Options > Miscellaneous > Files. (But this could cause problems if you use versioning for your projects.)
pet suggested a nice workaround: In my situation I did another local svn checkout, and then removed unneeded folders from there. It has reduced number of files and NB performs much better now Anyway, a possibility to include only some folders would be nice. We will see if have more valid requests on this.
I guess we can close this issue because all the scenarios described here can be solved via Project Properties > Ignored Folders.