gcloud app deploy, uploads whole root directory even though app.yaml only specifics 1 upload directory

[Nikos Katsikanis]

I have the following app.yaml:

runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true

handlers:
  - url: /
    static_files: dist/index.html
    upload: dist/index.html

  - url: /(.*)
    static_files: dist/\1
    upload: dist/(.*)

However, I have files outside of dist are also attempted to be uploaded:

ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Cannot upload file [/Users/nikos/WebstormProjects/quantumvue/media/QUANTOM INFO INTRO .mp4], which has size [50597610] (greater than maximum allowed size of [33554432]). Please delete the file or add to the skip_files entry in your application .yaml file and try again.

➜  quantumvue git:(master) ✗ gcloud app deploy     

[Vitaly Bogomolov]

Hi, Nikos 

You can use skip_files directive to reduce number of uploaded files

https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/config/appref#skip_files

WBR, Vitaly

[Nikos Katsikanis]

thanks for that!