diff --git a/src/cmds/js_cmds/apply.js b/src/cmds/js_cmds/apply.js
index e917e62d..8abbc516 100644
--- a/src/cmds/js_cmds/apply.js
+++ b/src/cmds/js_cmds/apply.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { collectFiles, whitelisted } = require('../../files.js')
+const { collectJsFiles, whitelists, whitelisted } = require('../../files.js')
 const log = require('@dhis2/cli-helpers-engine').reporter
 
 const { apply_fmt } = require('../../prettier.js')
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ exports.handler = argv => {
 
     let codeFiles
     if (all) {
-        codeFiles = collectFiles(root_dir).filter(whitelisted)
+        codeFiles = collectJsFiles(root_dir)
     } else if (files) {
         codeFiles = files
     } else {
-        codeFiles = staged_files(root_dir).filter(whitelisted)
+        const whitelist = whitelisted(whitelists.js)
+        codeFiles = staged_files(root_dir).filter(whitelist)
     }
 
     // debug information about the folders
diff --git a/src/cmds/js_cmds/check.js b/src/cmds/js_cmds/check.js
index 9b8398f2..789daac8 100644
--- a/src/cmds/js_cmds/check.js
+++ b/src/cmds/js_cmds/check.js
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 const path = require('path')
-const { collectFiles } = require('../../files.js')
+const { collectJsFiles, whitelists, whitelisted } = require('../../files.js')
 const log = require('@dhis2/cli-helpers-engine').reporter
 
 const { check_fmt } = require('../../prettier.js')
 const { staged_files } = require('../../git.js')
 
-const whitelist = ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts']
-
-function whitelisted(file) {
-    return whitelist.includes(path.extname(file))
-}
-
 exports.command = 'check [files..]'
 
 exports.describe = 'Check JS format.'
@@ -30,11 +24,12 @@ exports.handler = argv => {
 
     let codeFiles
     if (all) {
-        codeFiles = collectFiles(root_dir).filter(whitelisted)
+        codeFiles = collectJsFiles(root_dir)
     } else if (files) {
         codeFiles = files
     } else {
-        codeFiles = staged_files(root_dir).filter(whitelisted)
+        const whitelist = whitelisted(whitelists.js)
+        codeFiles = staged_files(root_dir).filter(whitelist)
     }
 
     // debug information about the folders
diff --git a/src/files.js b/src/files.js
index 6da65f71..9de7e604 100644
--- a/src/files.js
+++ b/src/files.js
@@ -3,11 +3,27 @@ const path = require('path')
 
 const log = require('@dhis2/cli-helpers-engine').reporter
 
-const whitelist = ['.js', '.json', '.css', '.scss', '.md', '.jsx']
-const blacklist = ['node_modules', 'build', 'dist', 'target']
+const blacklist = ['node_modules', 'build', 'dist', 'target', '.git']
 
-function whitelisted(file) {
-    return whitelist.includes(path.extname(file))
+const whitelists = {
+    js: ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts'],
+    all: ['.js', '.json', '.css', '.scss', '.md', '.jsx', '.ts'],
+}
+
+function whitelisted(whitelist) {
+    return function(file) {
+        return whitelist.includes(path.extname(file))
+    }
+}
+
+function collectJsFiles(target) {
+    const whitelist = whitelisted(whitelists.js)
+    return collectFiles(target).filter(whitelist)
+}
+
+function collectAllFiles(target) {
+    const whitelist = whitelisted(whitelists.all)
+    return collectFiles(target).filter(whitelist)
 }
 
 function collectFiles(target) {
@@ -49,7 +65,10 @@ function writeFile(fp, content) {
 
 module.exports = {
     collectFiles,
+    collectAllFiles,
+    collectJsFiles,
     readFile,
     writeFile,
     whitelisted,
+    whitelists,
 }