exclude node_modules from sublime text project - good example; https://medium.com/@wo.contact/asdf-fd4f781f19c2#.s27lqq574

good-project.sublime-project

{
    "folders":
    [
        //exclude all dirs
        {
            "path": "/Users/wo/Documents/blog/sublimeProject",
            "folder_exclude_patterns": ["*"],
        },
        //import required dirs
        { "path": "/Users/wo/Documents/blog/sublimeProject/app" },
        { "path": "/Users/wo/Documents/blog/sublimeProject/logs" },
        { "path": "/Users/wo/Documents/blog/sublimeProject/public" }
    ]
}