How do I test app.yaml skip_files regexps are working correctly with App Engine?

Question

I have an app.yaml skip_files element as so:

skip_files:
- ^(.*/)?#.*#$
- ^(.*/)?.*~$
- ^(.*/)?.*\.py[co]$
- ^(.*/)?.*/RCS/.*$
- ^(.*/)?\..*$

How can I list exactly what files are being skipped? I am using OSX so my find util does not have extended regular expressions as far as I am aware.

Answer 1

Run appcfg.py with the option -v. This will show you every file being processed and tell you whether it has been skipped due to your skip_files or not.