def yaml(self):
        return yaml.dump(self.serialized, default_flow_style=False,
                         encoding=None)
def union(matches, root, cwd):
    """Union a list of matchers.

    If the list is empty, return nevermatcher.
    If the list only contains one non-None value, return that matcher.
    Otherwise return a union matcher.
    """
    matches = list(filter(None, matches))
    if len(matches) == 0:
        return nevermatcher(root, cwd)
    elif len(matches) == 1:
        return matches[0]
    else:
        return unionmatcher(matches)