text: 'use strict';
  
  var path = require('path');
  var isglob = require('is-glob');
  var pathDirname = require('path-dirname');
  var isWin32 = require('os').platform() === 'win32';
  
  module.exports = function globParent(str) {
  	// flip windows path separators
  	if (isWin32 && str.indexOf('/') < 0) str = str.split('\\').join('/');
  
  	// special case for strings ending in enclosure containing path separator
  	if (/[\{\[].*[\/]*.*[\}\]]$/.test(str)) str += '/';
  
  	// preserves full path in case of trailing path separator
  	str += 'a';
  
  	// remove path parts that are globby
  	do {str = pathDirname.posix(str)}
  	while (isglob(str) || /(^|[^\\])([\{\[]|\([^\)]+$)/.test(str));
  
  	// remove escape chars and return result
  	return str.replace(/\\([\*\?\|\[\]\(\)\{\}])/g, '$1');
  };
  