Pipe: allow exclusion-only pattern lists

[VGalaxies]

fix #17091

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 39.47%. Comparing base (e4ef4db) to head (21ee7ad).
⚠️ Report is 4 commits behind head on master.

Additional details and impacted files

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##             master   #17154   +/-   ##
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  Coverage     39.47%   39.47%           
  Complexity      282      282           
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  Files          5098     5098           
  Lines        341273   341280    +7     
  Branches      43471    43472    +1     
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+ Hits         134714   134733   +19     
+ Misses       206559   206547   -12     

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