so it was reading this...

.sonarcloud.properties

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+# Path to sources
+sonar.sources=./mod.ts,./src/**,./db/**,./www/**
+sonar.exclusions=./emojis/**
+sonar.inclusions=./mod.ts,./src/**,./db/**,./www/**
+
+# Path to tests
+#sonar.tests=
+#sonar.test.exclusions=
+#sonar.test.inclusions=
+
+# Source encoding
+sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+
+# Exclusions for copy-paste detection
+#sonar.cpd.exclusions=