Function searchFiles

src/core/file/fileSearch.ts:127–310

(
  rootDir: string,
  config: RepomixConfigMerged,
  explicitFiles?: string[],
)

// Get all file paths considering the config
export const searchFiles = async (
  rootDir: string,
  config: RepomixConfigMerged,
  explicitFiles?: string[],
): Promise<FileSearchResult> => {
  // Check if the path exists and get its type
  let pathStats: Stats;
  try {
    pathStats = await fs.stat(rootDir);
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof Error && 'code' in error) {
      const errorCode = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
      if (errorCode === 'ENOENT') {
        throw new RepomixError(`Target path does not exist: ${rootDir}`);
      }
      if (errorCode === 'EPERM' || errorCode === 'EACCES') {
        throw new PermissionError(
          `Permission denied while accessing path. Please check folder access permissions for your terminal app. path: ${rootDir}`,
          rootDir,
          errorCode,
        );
      }
      // Handle other specific error codes with more context
      throw new RepomixError(`Failed to access path: ${rootDir}. Error code: ${errorCode}. ${error.message}`);
    }
    // Preserve original error stack trace for debugging
    const repomixError = new RepomixError(
      `Failed to access path: ${rootDir}. Reason: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : JSON.stringify(error)}`,
    );
    repomixError.cause = error;
    throw repomixError;
  }

  // Check if the path is a directory
  if (!pathStats.isDirectory()) {
    throw new RepomixError(
      `Target path is not a directory: ${rootDir}. Please specify a directory path, not a file path.`,
    );
  }

  // Now check directory permissions
  const permissionCheck = await checkDirectoryPermissions(rootDir);

  if (permissionCheck.details?.read !== true) {
    if (permissionCheck.error instanceof PermissionError) {
      throw permissionCheck.error;
    }
    throw new RepomixError(
      `Target directory is not readable or does not exist. Please check folder access permissions for your terminal app.\npath: ${rootDir}`,
    );
  }

  try {
    const { adjustedIgnorePatterns, ignoreFilePatterns, deferredIgnorePatterns } = await prepareIgnoreContext(
      rootDir,
      config,
    );