#21930 2.24 will no longer exclude targets prefixed with `-` Issue created by aviau Describe the bug In 2.22, I could run the following:

$ pants fmt :: -folder::

In 2.24, I get the following error:

$ pants fmt :: -folder::
$ Unknown flag -f in global context

According to my understanding of the docs, it should work: • https://www.pantsbuild.org/dev/docs/using-pants/key-concepts/goals#goal-arguments

To ignore something, prefix the argument with -

Pants version 2.24 OS I can repo on linux and macos Workaround It seems that

--filter-address-regex

can be used for similar results: •

pants fmt :: --filter-address-regex=-^folder

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