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# Glob | |
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. | |
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## 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. | |
* `fs` File-system object with Node's `fs` API. By default, the built-in | |
`fs` module will be used. Set to a volume provided by a library like | |
`memfs` to avoid using the "real" file-system. | |
## 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). | |
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 | |
``` | |
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