feat: add options always_show_by_pattern

README.md

@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ use {
             always_show = { -- remains visible even if other settings would normally hide it
               --".gitignored",
             },
+            always_show_by_pattern = { -- uses glob style patterns
+              --".env*",
+            },
             never_show = { -- remains hidden even if visible is toggled to true, this overrides always_show
               --".DS_Store",
               --"thumbs.db"

doc/neo-tree.txt

@@ -931,6 +931,9 @@ highlight group which will be applied when they are visible, see
           always_show = { -- remains visible even if other settings would normally hide it
             --".gitignored",
           },
+          always_show_by_pattern = { -- uses glob style patterns
+            --".env*",
+          },
           never_show = { -- remains hidden even if visible is toggled to true, this overrides always_show
             --".DS_Store",
             --"thumbs.db",
@@ -964,6 +967,10 @@ The `always_show` option is a list of file/folder names that will always be
 visible, even if other settings would normally hide it. This section takes
 precedence over all other options except for `never_show`.
 
+the `always_show_by_pattern` option is a list of file/folder patterns that 
+always will be visible. This section takes precedence over all other options
+except `never_show`.
+
 The `never_show` option is the same as `hide_by_name`, except that those items
 will remain hidden even if you toggle `visible` to true. This section takes
 precedence over the others.

lua/neo-tree/defaults.lua

@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ local config = {
       always_show = { -- remains visible even if other settings would normally hide it
         --".gitignored",
       },
+      always_show_by_pattern = { -- uses glob style patterns
+        --".env*",
+      },
       never_show = { -- remains hidden even if visible is toggled to true, this overrides always_show
         --".DS_Store",
         --"thumbs.db"

lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua

@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ function create_item(context, path, _type, bufnr)
     if f.always_show[name] then
       item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
       item.filtered_by.always_show = true
+    else
+      if utils.is_filtered_by_pattern(f.always_show_by_pattern, path, name) then
+        item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
+        item.filtered_by.always_show = true
+      end
     end
     if f.hide_by_name[name] then
       item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}

lua/neo-tree/sources/filesystem/init.lua

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ M.setup = function(config, global_config)
   config.filtered_items = config.filtered_items or {}
   config.enable_git_status = global_config.enable_git_status
 
-  for _, key in ipairs({ "hide_by_pattern", "never_show_by_pattern" }) do
+  for _, key in ipairs({ "hide_by_pattern", "always_show_by_pattern", "never_show_by_pattern" }) do
     local list = config.filtered_items[key]
     if type(list) == "table" then
       for i, pattern in ipairs(list) do