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# Glob |
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Match files using the patterns the shell uses, like stars and stuff. |
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This is a glob implementation in JavaScript. It uses the `minimatch` |
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library to do its matching. |
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![a fun cartoon logo made of glob characters](logo/glob.png) |
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## Usage |
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Install with npm |
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``` |
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npm i glob |
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``` |
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```javascript |
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var glob = require("glob") |
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// options is optional |
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glob("**/*.js", options, function (er, files) { |
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// files is an array of filenames. |
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// If the `nonull` option is set, and nothing |
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// was found, then files is ["**/*.js"] |
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// er is an error object or null. |
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}) |
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``` |
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## Glob Primer |
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"Globs" are the patterns you type when you do stuff like `ls *.js` on |
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the command line, or put `build/*` in a `.gitignore` file. |
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Before parsing the path part patterns, braced sections are expanded |
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into a set. Braced sections start with `{` and end with `}`, with any |
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number of comma-delimited sections within. Braced sections may contain |
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slash characters, so `a{/b/c,bcd}` would expand into `a/b/c` and `abcd`. |
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The following characters have special magic meaning when used in a |
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path portion: |
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* `*` Matches 0 or more characters in a single path portion |
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* `?` Matches 1 character |
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* `[...]` Matches a range of characters, similar to a RegExp range. |
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If the first character of the range is `!` or `^` then it matches |
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any character not in the range. |
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* `!(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches anything that does not match |
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any of the patterns provided. |
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* `?(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches zero or one occurrence of the |
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patterns provided. |
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* `+(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches one or more occurrences of the |
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patterns provided. |
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* `*(a|b|c)` Matches zero or more occurrences of the patterns provided |
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* `@(pattern|pat*|pat?erN)` Matches exactly one of the patterns |
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provided |
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* `**` If a "globstar" is alone in a path portion, then it matches |
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zero or more directories and subdirectories searching for matches. |
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It does not crawl symlinked directories. |
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### Dots |
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If a file or directory path portion has a `.` as the first character, |
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then it will not match any glob pattern unless that pattern's |
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corresponding path part also has a `.` as its first character. |
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For example, the pattern `a/.*/c` would match the file at `a/.b/c`. |
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However the pattern `a/*/c` would not, because `*` does not start with |
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a dot character. |
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You can make glob treat dots as normal characters by setting |
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`dot:true` in the options. |
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### Basename Matching |
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If you set `matchBase:true` in the options, and the pattern has no |
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slashes in it, then it will seek for any file anywhere in the tree |
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with a matching basename. For example, `*.js` would match |
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`test/simple/basic.js`. |
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### Empty Sets |
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If no matching files are found, then an empty array is returned. This |
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differs from the shell, where the pattern itself is returned. For |
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example: |
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$ echo a*s*d*f |
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a*s*d*f |
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To get the bash-style behavior, set the `nonull:true` in the options. |
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### See Also: |
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* `man sh` |
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* `man bash` (Search for "Pattern Matching") |
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* `man 3 fnmatch` |
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* `man 5 gitignore` |
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* [minimatch documentation](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch) |
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## glob.hasMagic(pattern, [options]) |
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Returns `true` if there are any special characters in the pattern, and |
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`false` otherwise. |
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Note that the options affect the results. If `noext:true` is set in |
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the options object, then `+(a|b)` will not be considered a magic |
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pattern. If the pattern has a brace expansion, like `a/{b/c,x/y}` |
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then that is considered magical, unless `nobrace:true` is set in the |
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options. |
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## glob(pattern, [options], cb) |
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* `pattern` `{String}` Pattern to be matched |
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* `options` `{Object}` |
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* `cb` `{Function}` |
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* `err` `{Error | null}` |
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* `matches` `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern |
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Perform an asynchronous glob search. |
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## glob.sync(pattern, [options]) |
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* `pattern` `{String}` Pattern to be matched |
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* `options` `{Object}` |
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* return: `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern |
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Perform a synchronous glob search. |
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## Class: glob.Glob |
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Create a Glob object by instantiating the `glob.Glob` class. |
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```javascript |
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var Glob = require("glob").Glob |
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var mg = new Glob(pattern, options, cb) |
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``` |
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It's an EventEmitter, and starts walking the filesystem to find matches |
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immediately. |
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### new glob.Glob(pattern, [options], [cb]) |
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* `pattern` `{String}` pattern to search for |
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* `options` `{Object}` |
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* `cb` `{Function}` Called when an error occurs, or matches are found |
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* `err` `{Error | null}` |
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* `matches` `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern |
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Note that if the `sync` flag is set in the options, then matches will |
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be immediately available on the `g.found` member. |
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### Properties |
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* `minimatch` The minimatch object that the glob uses. |
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* `options` The options object passed in. |
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* `aborted` Boolean which is set to true when calling `abort()`. There |
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is no way at this time to continue a glob search after aborting, but |
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you can re-use the statCache to avoid having to duplicate syscalls. |
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* `cache` Convenience object. Each field has the following possible |
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values: |
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* `false` - Path does not exist |
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* `true` - Path exists |
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* `'FILE'` - Path exists, and is not a directory |
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* `'DIR'` - Path exists, and is a directory |
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* `[file, entries, ...]` - Path exists, is a directory, and the |
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array value is the results of `fs.readdir` |
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* `statCache` Cache of `fs.stat` results, to prevent statting the same |
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path multiple times. |
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* `symlinks` A record of which paths are symbolic links, which is |
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relevant in resolving `**` patterns. |
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* `realpathCache` An optional object which is passed to `fs.realpath` |
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to minimize unnecessary syscalls. It is stored on the instantiated |
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Glob object, and may be re-used. |
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### Events |
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* `end` When the matching is finished, this is emitted with all the |
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matches found. If the `nonull` option is set, and no match was found, |
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then the `matches` list contains the original pattern. The matches |
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are sorted, unless the `nosort` flag is set. |
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* `match` Every time a match is found, this is emitted with the specific |
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thing that matched. It is not deduplicated or resolved to a realpath. |
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* `error` Emitted when an unexpected error is encountered, or whenever |
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any fs error occurs if `options.strict` is set. |
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* `abort` When `abort()` is called, this event is raised. |
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### Methods |
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* `pause` Temporarily stop the search |
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* `resume` Resume the search |
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* `abort` Stop the search forever |
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### Options |
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All the options that can be passed to Minimatch can also be passed to |
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Glob to change pattern matching behavior. Also, some have been added, |
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or have glob-specific ramifications. |
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All options are false by default, unless otherwise noted. |
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All options are added to the Glob object, as well. |
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If you are running many `glob` operations, you can pass a Glob object |
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as the `options` argument to a subsequent operation to shortcut some |
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`stat` and `readdir` calls. At the very least, you may pass in shared |
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`symlinks`, `statCache`, `realpathCache`, and `cache` options, so that |
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parallel glob operations will be sped up by sharing information about |
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the filesystem. |
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* `cwd` The current working directory in which to search. Defaults |
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to `process.cwd()`. |
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* `root` The place where patterns starting with `/` will be mounted |
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onto. Defaults to `path.resolve(options.cwd, "/")` (`/` on Unix |
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systems, and `C:\` or some such on Windows.) |
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* `dot` Include `.dot` files in normal matches and `globstar` matches. |
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Note that an explicit dot in a portion of the pattern will always |
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match dot files. |
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* `nomount` By default, a pattern starting with a forward-slash will be |
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"mounted" onto the root setting, so that a valid filesystem path is |
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returned. Set this flag to disable that behavior. |
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* `mark` Add a `/` character to directory matches. Note that this |
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requires additional stat calls. |
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* `nosort` Don't sort the results. |
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* `stat` Set to true to stat *all* results. This reduces performance |
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somewhat, and is completely unnecessary, unless `readdir` is presumed |
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to be an untrustworthy indicator of file existence. |
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* `silent` When an unusual error is encountered when attempting to |
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read a directory, a warning will be printed to stderr. Set the |
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`silent` option to true to suppress these warnings. |
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* `strict` When an unusual error is encountered when attempting to |
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read a directory, the process will just continue on in search of |
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other matches. Set the `strict` option to raise an error in these |
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cases. |
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* `cache` See `cache` property above. Pass in a previously generated |
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cache object to save some fs calls. |
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* `statCache` A cache of results of filesystem information, to prevent |
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unnecessary stat calls. While it should not normally be necessary |
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to set this, you may pass the statCache from one glob() call to the |
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options object of another, if you know that the filesystem will not |
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change between calls. (See "Race Conditions" below.) |
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* `symlinks` A cache of known symbolic links. You may pass in a |
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previously generated `symlinks` object to save `lstat` calls when |
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resolving `**` matches. |
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* `sync` DEPRECATED: use `glob.sync(pattern, opts)` instead. |
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* `nounique` In some cases, brace-expanded patterns can result in the |
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same file showing up multiple times in the result set. By default, |
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this implementation prevents duplicates in the result set. Set this |
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flag to disable that behavior. |
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* `nonull` Set to never return an empty set, instead returning a set |
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containing the pattern itself. This is the default in glob(3). |
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* `debug` Set to enable debug logging in minimatch and glob. |
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* `nobrace` Do not expand `{a,b}` and `{1..3}` brace sets. |
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* `noglobstar` Do not match `**` against multiple filenames. (Ie, |
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treat it as a normal `*` instead.) |
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* `noext` Do not match `+(a|b)` "extglob" patterns. |
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* `nocase` Perform a case-insensitive match. Note: on |
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case-insensitive filesystems, non-magic patterns will match by |
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default, since `stat` and `readdir` will not raise errors. |
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* `matchBase` Perform a basename-only match if the pattern does not |
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contain any slash characters. That is, `*.js` would be treated as |
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equivalent to `**/*.js`, matching all js files in all directories. |
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* `nodir` Do not match directories, only files. (Note: to match |
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*only* directories, simply put a `/` at the end of the pattern.) |
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* `ignore` Add a pattern or an array of glob patterns to exclude matches. |
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Note: `ignore` patterns are *always* in `dot:true` mode, regardless |
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of any other settings. |
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* `follow` Follow symlinked directories when expanding `**` patterns. |
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Note that this can result in a lot of duplicate references in the |
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presence of cyclic links. |
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* `realpath` Set to true to call `fs.realpath` on all of the results. |
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In the case of a symlink that cannot be resolved, the full absolute |
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path to the matched entry is returned (though it will usually be a |
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broken symlink) |
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* `absolute` Set to true to always receive absolute paths for matched |
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files. Unlike `realpath`, this also affects the values returned in |
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the `match` event. |
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* `fs` File-system object with Node's `fs` API. By default, the built-in |
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`fs` module will be used. Set to a volume provided by a library like |
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`memfs` to avoid using the "real" file-system. |
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## Comparisons to other fnmatch/glob implementations |
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While strict compliance with the existing standards is a worthwhile |
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goal, some discrepancies exist between node-glob and other |
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implementations, and are intentional. |
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The double-star character `**` is supported by default, unless the |
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`noglobstar` flag is set. This is supported in the manner of bsdglob |
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and bash 4.3, where `**` only has special significance if it is the only |
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thing in a path part. That is, `a/**/b` will match `a/x/y/b`, but |
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`a/**b` will not. |
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Note that symlinked directories are not crawled as part of a `**`, |
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though their contents may match against subsequent portions of the |
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pattern. This prevents infinite loops and duplicates and the like. |
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If an escaped pattern has no matches, and the `nonull` flag is set, |
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then glob returns the pattern as-provided, rather than |
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interpreting the character escapes. For example, |
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`glob.match([], "\\*a\\?")` will return `"\\*a\\?"` rather than |
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`"*a?"`. This is akin to setting the `nullglob` option in bash, except |
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that it does not resolve escaped pattern characters. |
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If brace expansion is not disabled, then it is performed before any |
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other interpretation of the glob pattern. Thus, a pattern like |
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`+(a|{b),c)}`, which would not be valid in bash or zsh, is expanded |
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**first** into the set of `+(a|b)` and `+(a|c)`, and those patterns are |
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checked for validity. Since those two are valid, matching proceeds. |
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### Comments and Negation |
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Previously, this module let you mark a pattern as a "comment" if it |
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started with a `#` character, or a "negated" pattern if it started |
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with a `!` character. |
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These options were deprecated in version 5, and removed in version 6. |
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To specify things that should not match, use the `ignore` option. |
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## Windows |
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**Please only use forward-slashes in glob expressions.** |
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Though windows uses either `/` or `\` as its path separator, only `/` |
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characters are used by this glob implementation. You must use |
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forward-slashes **only** in glob expressions. Back-slashes will always |
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be interpreted as escape characters, not path separators. |
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Results from absolute patterns such as `/foo/*` are mounted onto the |
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root setting using `path.join`. On windows, this will by default result |
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in `/foo/*` matching `C:\foo\bar.txt`. |
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## Race Conditions |
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Glob searching, by its very nature, is susceptible to race conditions, |
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since it relies on directory walking and such. |
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As a result, it is possible that a file that exists when glob looks for |
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it may have been deleted or modified by the time it returns the result. |
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As part of its internal implementation, this program caches all stat |
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and readdir calls that it makes, in order to cut down on system |
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overhead. However, this also makes it even more susceptible to races, |
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especially if the cache or statCache objects are reused between glob |
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calls. |
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Users are thus advised not to use a glob result as a guarantee of |
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filesystem state in the face of rapid changes. For the vast majority |
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of operations, this is never a problem. |
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## Glob Logo |
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Glob's logo was created by [Tanya Brassie](http://tanyabrassie.com/). Logo files can be found [here](https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/tree/master/logo). |
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The logo is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). |
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## Contributing |
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Any change to behavior (including bugfixes) must come with a test. |
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Patches that fail tests or reduce performance will be rejected. |
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``` |
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# to run tests |
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npm test |
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# to re-generate test fixtures |
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npm run test-regen |
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# to benchmark against bash/zsh |
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npm run bench |
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# to profile javascript |
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npm run prof |
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``` |
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