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