exclude tests folders from template version linting (#44721)

Co-authored-by: Ron Rennick <ronald.rennick@automattic.com>

.github/workflows/pr-highlight-changes.yml

@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: 'tools/code-analyzer'
         run: |
           HEAD_REF=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          exclude="plugins/woocommerce/tests plugins/woocommerce-admin/tests plugins/woocommerce-blocks/tests"
           version=$(pnpm analyzer major-minor "$HEAD_REF" "plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php" | tail -n 1)
-          pnpm analyzer "$HEAD_REF" $version -o "github"
+          pnpm analyzer "$HEAD_REF" $version -o "github" -e $exclude
       - uses: 'actions/github-script@v6'
         name: 'Validate'
         with:

tools/code-analyzer/src/commands/analyzer/analyzer-lint.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ const program = new Command()
 		'Git repo url or local path to a git repo.',
 		join( process.cwd(), '../../' )
 	)
+	.option(
+		'-e, --exclude <exclude...>',
+		'List of folders / files to exclude.',
+		[]
+	)
 	.addOption(
 		new Option( '-o, --outputStyle <outputStyle>' ).choices( [
 			'github',
@@ -42,14 +47,16 @@ const program = new Command()
 		] as const )
 	)
 	.action( async ( compare, sinceVersion, options ) => {
-		const { source, base, outputStyle = 'cli' } = options;
+		const { source, base, outputStyle = 'cli', exclude = [] } = options;
 
 		const changes = await scanForChanges(
 			compare,
 			sinceVersion,
 			source,
 			base,
-			outputStyle
+			outputStyle,
+			undefined,
+			exclude
 		);
 
 		if ( changes.templates.size ) {

tools/code-analyzer/src/lib/scan-changes.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ const generateVersionDiff = async (
 		`Temporary clone of ${ source } created at ${ tmpRepoPath }`
 	);
 
-	Logger.notice(
-		`Temporary clone of ${ source } created at ${ tmpRepoPath }`
-	);
-
 	const diff = await generateDiff(
 		tmpRepoPath,
 		base,
@@ -119,7 +115,8 @@ export const scanForChanges = async (
 	source: string,
 	base: string,
 	outputStyle: 'cli' | 'github',
-	clonedPath?: string
+	clonedPath?: string,
+	exclude?: string[]
 ) => {
 	Logger.startTask( `Making temporary clone of ${ source }...` );
 
@@ -134,16 +131,12 @@ export const scanForChanges = async (
 		`Temporary clone of ${ source } created at ${ tmpRepoPath }`
 	);
 
-	Logger.notice(
-		`Temporary clone of ${ source } created at ${ tmpRepoPath }`
-	);
-
 	const diff = await generateDiff(
 		tmpRepoPath,
 		base,
 		compareVersion,
 		Logger.error,
-		[ 'tools' ]
+		[ 'tools', ...exclude ]
 	);
 
 	// Only checkout the compare version if we're in CLI mode.