From 26f1334036a88d25a59ed0300897e32780d91f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: qtfkwk <qtfkwk+tokei@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:04:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei/issues/1145

---
 src/cli.rs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index a697bb015..63969da4b 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Cli {
                 Arg::new("exclude")
                     .long("exclude")
                     .short('e')
-                    .num_args(0..)
+                    .action(ArgAction::Append)
                     .help("Ignore all files & directories matching the pattern."),
             )
             .arg(
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ impl Cli {
 
     pub fn ignored_directories(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
         let mut ignored_directories: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
-        if let Some(user_ignored) = self.matches.get_many::<&str>("exclude") {
-            ignored_directories.extend(user_ignored);
+        if let Some(user_ignored) = self.matches.get_many::<String>("exclude") {
+            ignored_directories.extend(user_ignored.map(|x| x.as_str()));
         }
         ignored_directories
     }