copy dirs without specific dir, namely .git or .node_modules

copy-dirs-without.js

const { promises: fsPromises } = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

async function copyDirsWithout(source, destination, regex) {
  const folderName = new RegExp(regex);

  try {
    console.log(`Copying from "${source}" to "${destination}"...`);

    await fsPromises.cp(source, destination, {
      recursive: true,
      filter: (src, dest) => {
        console.log(`Copying ${src}...`);
        return !folderName.test(path.basename(src));
      },
    });

    console.log('Directory was copied successfully!');
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
}

const [sourcePath, destPath, regexPattern] = process.argv.slice(2);

if (!sourcePath || !destPath || !regexPattern) {
  console.error(
    'Usage: node copyDirsWithout.js <source> <destination> <regex>',
  );
  process.exit(1);
}

copyDirsWithout(sourcePath, destPath, regexPattern);

//Usage example:
// node copyDirsWithout.js ./something/bleh/ ./somelse/ 'node_modules'