From 0d973d3aad70ceb88950f2cd9c297fc76e7955b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmad Hesam <ahmad.hesam@cern.ch>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:19:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add 'hide-dotfiles' as command line parameter (#3802)

Co-authored-by: Henrique Dias <mail@hacdias.com>
---
 cmd/config.go        | 1 +
 cmd/users.go         | 3 +++
 settings/settings.go | 1 +
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index ebb9c69f..230a532c 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ func printSettings(ser *settings.Server, set *settings.Settings, auther auth.Aut
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tExec Enabled:\t%t\n", ser.EnableExec)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nDefaults:")
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tScope:\t%s\n", set.Defaults.Scope)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tHideDotfiles:\t%t\n", set.Defaults.HideDotfiles)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tLocale:\t%s\n", set.Defaults.Locale)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tView mode:\t%s\n", set.Defaults.ViewMode)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tSingle Click:\t%t\n", set.Defaults.SingleClick)
diff --git a/cmd/users.go b/cmd/users.go
index 5b458a5a..64cd08ee 100644
--- a/cmd/users.go
+++ b/cmd/users.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func addUserFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.Bool("dateFormat", false, "use date format (true for absolute time, false for relative)")
 	flags.Bool("hideDotfiles", false, "hide dotfiles")
 	flags.String("aceEditorTheme", "", "ace editor's syntax highlighting theme for users")
+	flags.Bool("hide-dotfiles", false, "Hide dotfiles by default")
 }
 
 func getViewMode(flags *pflag.FlagSet) (users.ViewMode, error) {
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ func getUserDefaults(flags *pflag.FlagSet, defaults *settings.UserDefaults, all
 			defaults.Sorting.By, err = getString(flags, flag.Name)
 		case "sorting.asc":
 			defaults.Sorting.Asc, err = getBool(flags, flag.Name)
+		case "hide-dotfiles":
+			defaults.HideDotfiles, err = getBool(flags, flag.Name)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			visitErr = err
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
index 787921e9..064094ab 100644
--- a/settings/settings.go
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type Settings struct {
 	MinimumPasswordLength uint                `json:"minimumPasswordLength"`
 	FileMode              fs.FileMode         `json:"fileMode"`
 	DirMode               fs.FileMode         `json:"dirMode"`
+	HideDotfiles          bool                `json:"hideDotfiles"`
 }
 
 // GetRules implements rules.Provider.