(Parent) directory matcher

[JaneX8]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

In projects that have a certain folder structure I would like certain rules to apply not only on a specific file type but also to the consider the folder the file is in.

For example MVC structure. A rule that can be applied only on files with a certain file extension inside the views folder. Preferably within definable X depth up, to allow for some recursion (like globs). Or through defining multiple allowed paths like:

paths : [
  "*/views/",
  "*/views/*/",
  "*/views/**"
]

Describe the solution you'd like
A (parent) directory matcher.

Describe alternatives you've considered
None.

[gfs]

I think there's two ways you can do this already.

1. By specifying the applies_to_file_regex field (https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInspector/blob/c84796ae8120f835165bc98d182fa9fb9540e87d/AppInspector.RulesEngine/Rule.cs#L83-L92) which is executed against the full path of the file: https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInspector/blob/c84796ae8120f835165bc98d182fa9fb9540e87d/AppInspector.RulesEngine/RuleProcessor.cs#L291. Take care to consider different path separators between operating systems - this field should ideally would be globs instead of regex for this reason.
2. Or by specifying the --ignore-globs argument, however this will exclude the specified files from any rules being executed against them.