From 1eaab2c7aa68ad7fac1fa46979430c77fc2c44d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mart-r <mart.ratas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:09:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] CU-8699vnuwf: Ignore hidden files/folders when loading
 model pack

---
 medcat-v2/medcat/cat.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/medcat-v2/medcat/cat.py b/medcat-v2/medcat/cat.py
index 775732cf4..7111e32f9 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/medcat/cat.py
+++ b/medcat-v2/medcat/cat.py
@@ -703,7 +703,9 @@ def load_model_pack(cls, model_pack_path: str) -> 'CAT':
                             TOKENIZER_PREFIX,
                             # components will be loaded semi-manually
                             # within the creation of pipe
-                            COMPONENTS_FOLDER})
+                            COMPONENTS_FOLDER,
+                            # ignore hidden files/folders
+                            '.'})
         # NOTE: deserialising of components that need serialised
         #       will be dealt with upon pipeline creation automatically
         if not isinstance(cat, CAT):

From 7bd4e2e572a01c9c6c94b1efa1f10bbd8eca5fbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mart-r <mart.ratas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:11:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] CU-8699vnuwf: Add a test to make sure model pack can be
 loaded with hidden file/folders

---
 medcat-v2/tests/test_cat.py | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/medcat-v2/tests/test_cat.py b/medcat-v2/tests/test_cat.py
index 743618ebf..96ff97166 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/tests/test_cat.py
+++ b/medcat-v2/tests/test_cat.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import unittest
 import tempfile
 import pickle
+import shutil
 
 from . import EXAMPLE_MODEL_PACK_ZIP
 from . import V1_MODEL_PACK_PATH, UNPACKED_V1_MODEL_PACK_PATH
@@ -30,18 +31,19 @@
 
 orig_init = cat.CAT.__init__
 
+expected_model_pack_path = EXAMPLE_MODEL_PACK_ZIP.replace(".zip", "")
+
 
 class ModelLoadTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def assert_has_model_name(self, func):
-        expected_model_packl_name = EXAMPLE_MODEL_PACK_ZIP.replace(".zip", "")
 
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             if 'model_load_path' in kwargs:
                 self.assertEqual(kwargs['model_load_path'],
-                                 expected_model_packl_name)
+                                 expected_model_pack_path)
             else:
-                self.assertEqual(args[-1], expected_model_packl_name)
+                self.assertEqual(args[-1], expected_model_pack_path)
             return func(*args, **kwargs)
         return wrapper
 
@@ -61,6 +63,31 @@ def test_can_load_CDB_from_model_pack(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(cdb, CDB)
 
 
+class ModelLoadIWithHiddenFilesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls._temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        cls.model_path = os.path.join(cls._temp_dir.name, "model")
+        shutil.copytree(expected_model_pack_path, cls.model_path)
+        # add file
+        file_path = os.path.join(cls.model_path, '.some_file.txt')
+        with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
+            f.write("Nothing")
+        # add folder
+        folder_path = os.path.join(cls.model_path, '.some_folder')
+        os.mkdir(folder_path)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls._temp_dir.cleanup()
+
+    def test_can_load_with_add_hidden_files_and_folders(self):
+        # try load
+        inst = cat.CAT.load_model_pack(self.model_path)
+        self.assertIsInstance(inst, cat.CAT)
+
+
 class TrainedModelTests(unittest.TestCase):
     TRAINED_MODEL_PATH = EXAMPLE_MODEL_PACK_ZIP