How can I show dotfiles in Textmate 2?

Quick solution

Move the focus to the file browser (⌥⌘⇥) and show invisibles (⌥⌘i)(key names: option/alt+command/windows+i/eye). All invisible files will appear in the file browser. Press ⌥⌘i again to hide them.

Permanent solution

If you want to always show some dotfiles (for instance .htaccess), you can either add them in Preferences > Projects > Include files matching…
or add the list of files you want to show to the include array in one of:

  • ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Global.tmProperties (same as using Preferences)
  • ~/.tm_properties (global)
  • .tm_properties (inside a specific directory/project)

You can add all dotfiles (.*) but I don’t recommend it since it can be a lot of clutter.
That said, you can also exclude files with the exclude array.

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