class_docstr: The :class:`GitWildMatchPattern` class represents a compiled Git
  wildmatch pattern.
docstr: Escape special characters in the given string.
  
  *s* (:class:`unicode` or :class:`bytes`) a filename or a string
  that you want to escape, usually before adding it to a `.gitignore`
  
  Returns the escaped string (:class:`unicode`, :class:`bytes`)
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code: def escape(s):
      """
      Escape special characters in the given string.
  
      *s* (:class:`unicode` or :class:`bytes`) a filename or a string
      that you want to escape, usually before adding it to a `.gitignore`
  
      Returns the escaped string (:class:`unicode`, :class:`bytes`)
      """
      # Reference: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format
      meta_characters = r"[]!*#?"
  
      return "".join("\\" + x if x in meta_characters else x for x in s)
  
file_path: ray/python/ray/_private/thirdparty/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py
imports: from __future__ import unicode_literals
  import re
  import warnings
  from ..None import util
  from ..compat import unicode
  from ..pattern import RegexPattern
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the GitWildMatchPattern obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.escape(s) and returns: str