I created a Sublime plugin to aid my workflow.

It shows and hides specific files from the navigation and search easily inside the editor using a JSON config.

Hide and Show Sublime Files

Instructions

1. Using Package Control, install “HideFiles”

Or:

1. Open the Sublime Text 2 Packages folder

   • OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/
   • Windows: %APPDATA%/Sublime Text 2/Packages/
   • Linux: ~/.Sublime Text 2/Packages/

2. Clone this repo

Configuration

Change the hidefiles.sublime-settings:

{
  "coffee": ["*.js","*.md","*.json","*.txt"],
  "js": ["*.coffee","*.html","*.css"]
}

Where each property specifies the files in an array that are to be hidden when activated.

Commands

hide_files

Hides the files for the currently opened file type

show_files

Shows the files for the currently opened file type

Default Keymap

hide_files

ctrl+shift+-

show_files

ctrl+shift+=

Source and full details