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function path.globToRegExp
import { path } from "https://deno.land/std@0.137.0/_tools/release/deps.ts";
const { globToRegExp } = path;

Convert a glob string to a regular expression.

Tries to match bash glob expansion as closely as possible.

Basic glob syntax:

  • * - Matches everything without leaving the path segment.
  • ? - Matches any single character.
  • {foo,bar} - Matches foo or bar.
  • [abcd] - Matches a, b, c or d.
  • [a-d] - Matches a, b, c or d.
  • [!abcd] - Matches any single character besides a, b, c or d.
  • [[:<class>:]] - Matches any character belonging to <class>.
  • \ - Escapes the next character for an os other than "windows".
  • ` - Escapes the next character for os set to "windows".
  • / - Path separator.
  • \ - Additional path separator only for os set to "windows".

Extended syntax:

  • Requires { extended: true }.
  • ?(foo|bar) - Matches 0 or 1 instance of {foo,bar}.
  • @(foo|bar) - Matches 1 instance of {foo,bar}. They behave the same.
  • *(foo|bar) - Matches n instances of {foo,bar}.
  • +(foo|bar) - Matches n > 0 instances of {foo,bar}.
  • !(foo|bar) - Matches anything other than {foo,bar}.
  • See https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/bash-extended-globbing.

Globstar syntax:

Note the following properties:

  • The generated RegExp is anchored at both start and end.
  • Repeating and trailing separators are tolerated. Trailing separators in the provided glob have no meaning and are discarded.
  • Absolute globs will only match absolute paths, etc.
  • Empty globs will match nothing.
  • Any special glob syntax must be contained to one path segment. For example, ?(foo|bar/baz) is invalid. The separator will take precedence and the first segment ends with an unclosed group.
  • If a path segment ends with unclosed groups or a dangling escape prefix, a parse error has occurred. Every character for that segment is taken literally in this event.

Limitations:

  • A negative group like !(foo|bar) will wrongly be converted to a negative look-ahead followed by a wildcard. This means that !(foo).js will wrongly fail to match foobar.js, even though foobar is not foo. Effectively, !(foo|bar) is treated like !(@(foo|bar)*). This will work correctly if the group occurs not nested at the end of the segment.

Parameters

glob: string
optional
unnamed 1: GlobToRegExpOptions = [UNSUPPORTED]

Returns

RegExp