New file rules configuration tag

[imd1]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I'd like to be able to create a configuration file that lists rules to be applied to files matching certain file specs. Currently the
file_list mechanism is close but this also makes the files matching the file specs automatically be included in the list of files to be processed, whereas I want to specify rules for files matching the file spec and only include them in the list to process if they are included via -f.

An example is I want to change the rules for files in my folder hierarchy that are have the folder name test_hdl in their path, but only process them if these files are specified via -f

Note that I use -f, and so this feature need not be applied to files via file_list since this existing feature supports what I want already.

Describe the solution you'd like
Create a new configuration file tag (I favor file_rules but whatever...) which adopts the same format as file_list i.e. file specs with globbing etc. If files specified via -f match a file_rules file spec, the associated rules are applied.

Note that order of rules still applies, so a global setting processed after file_rules is allowed to overrule as expected

[jeremiah-c-leary]

Let me see if I understand what you are looking for...You would like to have a way to map partial filenames and paths to certain rules. Such that when you pass them to vsg, this map will be checked and the rules changed accordingly.

Is that close?

If I do understand, this function is currently left to the user to manage, but you would like VSG to be able to manage it.

[imd1]

I think you have understood this correctly