From e588c9469fb9ddb399d145a3398a545c107b1119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Kaussow <mail@thegeeklab.de>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:50:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fix exclude_files while ignore_dotfiles is disabled
 (#678)

---
 ansiblelater/settings.py             | 5 +++--
 ansiblelater/utils/yamlhelper.py     | 6 +++++-
 docs/content/configuration/_index.md | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ansiblelater/settings.py b/ansiblelater/settings.py
index d37ed95..dc1afd9 100644
--- a/ansiblelater/settings.py
+++ b/ansiblelater/settings.py
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ class Settings:
         excludes = self.config["rules"]["exclude_files"]
         ignore_dotfiles = self.config["rules"]["ignore_dotfiles"]
 
-        if ignore_dotfiles and not self.args_files:
+        if ignore_dotfiles:
             excludes.append(".*")
-        else:
+
+        if self.args_files:
             del excludes[:]
 
         filelist = []
diff --git a/ansiblelater/utils/yamlhelper.py b/ansiblelater/utils/yamlhelper.py
index 3807ac2..b4990d2 100644
--- a/ansiblelater/utils/yamlhelper.py
+++ b/ansiblelater/utils/yamlhelper.py
@@ -537,7 +537,11 @@ def parse_yaml_linenumbers(data, filename):
         loader.compose_node = compose_node
         loader.construct_mapping = construct_mapping
         data = loader.get_single_data() or []
-    except (yaml.parser.ParserError, yaml.scanner.ScannerError) as e:
+    except (
+        yaml.parser.ParserError,
+        yaml.scanner.ScannerError,
+        yaml.constructor.ConstructorError,
+    ) as e:
         raise LaterError("syntax error", e) from e
     except (yaml.composer.ComposerError) as e:
         e.problem = f"{e.context} {e.problem}"
diff --git a/docs/content/configuration/_index.md b/docs/content/configuration/_index.md
index c3ad2c5..49a30f5 100644
--- a/docs/content/configuration/_index.md
+++ b/docs/content/configuration/_index.md
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Changes can be made in a YAML configuration file or via CLI options, which are p
 
 Please note that YAML attributes are overwritten while YAML lists are merged in any configuration files.
 
-To simplify single file linting, e.g. for debugging purposes, ansible-later ignores the `exclude_files` and `ignore_dotfiles` options when only one file is passed to the CLI.
+To simplify the linting of individual files, e.g. for debugging purposes, ansible-later ignores the `exclude_files` and `ignore_dotfiles` options when files are passed to the CLI.