Does not ignore deleting files outside of the root

[rw3iss]

I'm trying to prevent the plugin from removing a specific file in an output directory above the current context. This seems to work if it's within the current context, but not in a parent or adjacent folder. Here is my config:

 new CleanWebpackPlugin(['build/*', '../api/build/*'],{
            root:     path.resolve(__dirname), // set root to parent so we can clean ../api/build/
            allowExternal: true,
            exclude:  ['app.js'],
            verbose:  true,
            dry:      false,
            watch: true
}),

There is the file 'app.js' within '../api/build/' that it keeps deleting. I have also tried to put the full path of the file, ie: path.resolve(__dirname, '../api/build') + '/app.js' and similar things, but can't prevent it from deleting.

I've also tried just making a separate plugin definition for the parent folder, but it seems to still delete it, oddly:

new CleanWebpackPlugin(['build/**.js'],{
            root:     path.resolve(__dirname, '../api'), // set root to parent so we can clean ../api/build/
            exclude:  ['app.js'],
            verbose:  true,
            watch: true
}),

Any ideas?

[chrisblossom]

Closed in v2.0.0 via #99. See johnagan/clean-webpack-plugin#usage. Please open a new issue if you continue to have problems.