A "mode" where one could visualize the internal operation/execution of a generator without it producing any output.

[AceTheWiz]

My Scenario

I have created a basic generator but I have added settings to modify the input and output directories and file patterns using the globbing syntax.

My Problem

I do not know which files are going to be ingested and which are excluded. This is probably because I am not an expert on globbing syntax.

The Proposal

A feature (possibly a command line option) where I would be able to specify a "no output" mode where my generator would only spit out the logging messages so I can visualize which folders and files are going to be processed.

I have seen this feature in build tools where one can visualize the execution without actually producing outputs.

[StevenTCramer]

There now is a glob testing command.

dotnet run -- glob eval <pattern> <path>

docs for it are https://www.statiq.dev/guide/execution/files