1 | # Glob
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2 |
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3 | Match files using the patterns the shell uses, like stars and stuff.
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6 |
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7 | This is a glob implementation in JavaScript. It uses the `minimatch`
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8 | library to do its matching.
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9 |
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10 | ![a fun cartoon logo made of glob characters](logo/glob.png)
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11 |
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12 | ## Usage
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13 |
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14 | Install with npm
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15 |
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16 | ```
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17 | npm i glob
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18 | ```
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19 |
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20 | ```javascript
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21 | var glob = require("glob")
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22 |
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23 | // options is optional
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24 | glob("**/*.js", options, function (er, files) {
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25 | // files is an array of filenames.
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26 | // If the `nonull` option is set, and nothing
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27 | // was found, then files is ["**/*.js"]
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28 | // er is an error object or null.
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29 | })
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30 | ```
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31 |
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32 | ## Glob Primer
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33 |
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34 | "Globs" are the patterns you type when you do stuff like `ls *.js` on
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35 | the command line, or put `build/*` in a `.gitignore` file.
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36 |
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37 | Before parsing the path part patterns, braced sections are expanded
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38 | into a set. Braced sections start with `{` and end with `}`, with any
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39 | number of comma-delimited sections within. Braced sections may contain
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40 | slash characters, so `a{/b/c,bcd}` would expand into `a/b/c` and `abcd`.
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41 |
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42 | The following characters have special magic meaning when used in a
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43 | path portion:
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44 |
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45 | * `*` Matches 0 or more characters in a single path portion
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46 | * `?` Matches 1 character
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47 | * `[...]` Matches a range of characters, similar to a RegExp range.
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48 | If the first character of the range is `!` or `^` then it matches
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49 | any character not in the range.
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50 | * `!(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches anything that does not match
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51 | any of the patterns provided.
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52 | * `?(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches zero or one occurrence of the
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53 | patterns provided.
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54 | * `+(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches one or more occurrences of the
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55 | patterns provided.
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56 | * `*(a|b|c)` Matches zero or more occurrences of the patterns provided
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57 | * `@(pattern|pat*|pat?erN)` Matches exactly one of the patterns
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58 | provided
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59 | * `**` If a "globstar" is alone in a path portion, then it matches
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60 | zero or more directories and subdirectories searching for matches.
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61 | It does not crawl symlinked directories.
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62 |
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63 | ### Dots
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64 |
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65 | If a file or directory path portion has a `.` as the first character,
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66 | then it will not match any glob pattern unless that pattern's
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67 | corresponding path part also has a `.` as its first character.
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68 |
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69 | For example, the pattern `a/.*/c` would match the file at `a/.b/c`.
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70 | However the pattern `a/*/c` would not, because `*` does not start with
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71 | a dot character.
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72 |
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73 | You can make glob treat dots as normal characters by setting
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74 | `dot:true` in the options.
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75 |
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76 | ### Basename Matching
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77 |
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78 | If you set `matchBase:true` in the options, and the pattern has no
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79 | slashes in it, then it will seek for any file anywhere in the tree
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80 | with a matching basename. For example, `*.js` would match
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81 | `test/simple/basic.js`.
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82 |
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83 | ### Empty Sets
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84 |
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85 | If no matching files are found, then an empty array is returned. This
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86 | differs from the shell, where the pattern itself is returned. For
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87 | example:
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88 |
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89 | $ echo a*s*d*f
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90 | a*s*d*f
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91 |
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92 | To get the bash-style behavior, set the `nonull:true` in the options.
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93 |
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94 | ### See Also:
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95 |
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96 | * `man sh`
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97 | * `man bash` (Search for "Pattern Matching")
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98 | * `man 3 fnmatch`
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99 | * `man 5 gitignore`
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100 | * [minimatch documentation](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch)
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101 |
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102 | ## glob.hasMagic(pattern, [options])
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103 |
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104 | Returns `true` if there are any special characters in the pattern, and
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105 | `false` otherwise.
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106 |
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107 | Note that the options affect the results. If `noext:true` is set in
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108 | the options object, then `+(a|b)` will not be considered a magic
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109 | pattern. If the pattern has a brace expansion, like `a/{b/c,x/y}`
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110 | then that is considered magical, unless `nobrace:true` is set in the
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111 | options.
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112 |
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113 | ## glob(pattern, [options], cb)
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114 |
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115 | * `pattern` `{String}` Pattern to be matched
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116 | * `options` `{Object}`
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117 | * `cb` `{Function}`
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118 | * `err` `{Error | null}`
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119 | * `matches` `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern
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120 |
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121 | Perform an asynchronous glob search.
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122 |
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123 | ## glob.sync(pattern, [options])
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124 |
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125 | * `pattern` `{String}` Pattern to be matched
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126 | * `options` `{Object}`
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127 | * return: `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern
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128 |
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129 | Perform a synchronous glob search.
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130 |
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131 | ## Class: glob.Glob
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132 |
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133 | Create a Glob object by instantiating the `glob.Glob` class.
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134 |
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135 | ```javascript
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136 | var Glob = require("glob").Glob
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137 | var mg = new Glob(pattern, options, cb)
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138 | ```
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139 |
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140 | It's an EventEmitter, and starts walking the filesystem to find matches
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141 | immediately.
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142 |
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143 | ### new glob.Glob(pattern, [options], [cb])
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144 |
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145 | * `pattern` `{String}` pattern to search for
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146 | * `options` `{Object}`
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147 | * `cb` `{Function}` Called when an error occurs, or matches are found
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148 | * `err` `{Error | null}`
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149 | * `matches` `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern
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150 |
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151 | Note that if the `sync` flag is set in the options, then matches will
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152 | be immediately available on the `g.found` member.
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153 |
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154 | ### Properties
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155 |
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156 | * `minimatch` The minimatch object that the glob uses.
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157 | * `options` The options object passed in.
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158 | * `aborted` Boolean which is set to true when calling `abort()`. There
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159 | is no way at this time to continue a glob search after aborting, but
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160 | you can re-use the statCache to avoid having to duplicate syscalls.
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161 | * `cache` Convenience object. Each field has the following possible
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162 | values:
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163 | * `false` - Path does not exist
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164 | * `true` - Path exists
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165 | * `'FILE'` - Path exists, and is not a directory
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166 | * `'DIR'` - Path exists, and is a directory
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167 | * `[file, entries, ...]` - Path exists, is a directory, and the
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168 | array value is the results of `fs.readdir`
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169 | * `statCache` Cache of `fs.stat` results, to prevent statting the same
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170 | path multiple times.
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171 | * `symlinks` A record of which paths are symbolic links, which is
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172 | relevant in resolving `**` patterns.
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173 | * `realpathCache` An optional object which is passed to `fs.realpath`
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174 | to minimize unnecessary syscalls. It is stored on the instantiated
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175 | Glob object, and may be re-used.
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176 |
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177 | ### Events
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178 |
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179 | * `end` When the matching is finished, this is emitted with all the
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180 | matches found. If the `nonull` option is set, and no match was found,
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181 | then the `matches` list contains the original pattern. The matches
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182 | are sorted, unless the `nosort` flag is set.
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183 | * `match` Every time a match is found, this is emitted with the specific
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184 | thing that matched. It is not deduplicated or resolved to a realpath.
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185 | * `error` Emitted when an unexpected error is encountered, or whenever
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186 | any fs error occurs if `options.strict` is set.
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187 | * `abort` When `abort()` is called, this event is raised.
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188 |
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189 | ### Methods
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190 |
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191 | * `pause` Temporarily stop the search
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192 | * `resume` Resume the search
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193 | * `abort` Stop the search forever
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194 |
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195 | ### Options
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196 |
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197 | All the options that can be passed to Minimatch can also be passed to
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198 | Glob to change pattern matching behavior. Also, some have been added,
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199 | or have glob-specific ramifications.
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200 |
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201 | All options are false by default, unless otherwise noted.
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202 |
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203 | All options are added to the Glob object, as well.
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204 |
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205 | If you are running many `glob` operations, you can pass a Glob object
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206 | as the `options` argument to a subsequent operation to shortcut some
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207 | `stat` and `readdir` calls. At the very least, you may pass in shared
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208 | `symlinks`, `statCache`, `realpathCache`, and `cache` options, so that
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209 | parallel glob operations will be sped up by sharing information about
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210 | the filesystem.
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211 |
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212 | * `cwd` The current working directory in which to search. Defaults
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213 | to `process.cwd()`.
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214 | * `root` The place where patterns starting with `/` will be mounted
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215 | onto. Defaults to `path.resolve(options.cwd, "/")` (`/` on Unix
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216 | systems, and `C:\` or some such on Windows.)
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217 | * `dot` Include `.dot` files in normal matches and `globstar` matches.
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218 | Note that an explicit dot in a portion of the pattern will always
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219 | match dot files.
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220 | * `nomount` By default, a pattern starting with a forward-slash will be
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221 | "mounted" onto the root setting, so that a valid filesystem path is
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222 | returned. Set this flag to disable that behavior.
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223 | * `mark` Add a `/` character to directory matches. Note that this
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224 | requires additional stat calls.
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225 | * `nosort` Don't sort the results.
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226 | * `stat` Set to true to stat *all* results. This reduces performance
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227 | somewhat, and is completely unnecessary, unless `readdir` is presumed
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228 | to be an untrustworthy indicator of file existence.
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229 | * `silent` When an unusual error is encountered when attempting to
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230 | read a directory, a warning will be printed to stderr. Set the
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231 | `silent` option to true to suppress these warnings.
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232 | * `strict` When an unusual error is encountered when attempting to
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233 | read a directory, the process will just continue on in search of
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234 | other matches. Set the `strict` option to raise an error in these
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235 | cases.
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236 | * `cache` See `cache` property above. Pass in a previously generated
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237 | cache object to save some fs calls.
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238 | * `statCache` A cache of results of filesystem information, to prevent
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239 | unnecessary stat calls. While it should not normally be necessary
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240 | to set this, you may pass the statCache from one glob() call to the
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241 | options object of another, if you know that the filesystem will not
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242 | change between calls. (See "Race Conditions" below.)
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243 | * `symlinks` A cache of known symbolic links. You may pass in a
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244 | previously generated `symlinks` object to save `lstat` calls when
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245 | resolving `**` matches.
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246 | * `sync` DEPRECATED: use `glob.sync(pattern, opts)` instead.
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247 | * `nounique` In some cases, brace-expanded patterns can result in the
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248 | same file showing up multiple times in the result set. By default,
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249 | this implementation prevents duplicates in the result set. Set this
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250 | flag to disable that behavior.
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251 | * `nonull` Set to never return an empty set, instead returning a set
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252 | containing the pattern itself. This is the default in glob(3).
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253 | * `debug` Set to enable debug logging in minimatch and glob.
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254 | * `nobrace` Do not expand `{a,b}` and `{1..3}` brace sets.
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255 | * `noglobstar` Do not match `**` against multiple filenames. (Ie,
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256 | treat it as a normal `*` instead.)
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257 | * `noext` Do not match `+(a|b)` "extglob" patterns.
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258 | * `nocase` Perform a case-insensitive match. Note: on
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259 | case-insensitive filesystems, non-magic patterns will match by
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260 | default, since `stat` and `readdir` will not raise errors.
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261 | * `matchBase` Perform a basename-only match if the pattern does not
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262 | contain any slash characters. That is, `*.js` would be treated as
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263 | equivalent to `**/*.js`, matching all js files in all directories.
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264 | * `nodir` Do not match directories, only files. (Note: to match
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265 | *only* directories, simply put a `/` at the end of the pattern.)
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266 | * `ignore` Add a pattern or an array of glob patterns to exclude matches.
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267 | Note: `ignore` patterns are *always* in `dot:true` mode, regardless
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268 | of any other settings.
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269 | * `follow` Follow symlinked directories when expanding `**` patterns.
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270 | Note that this can result in a lot of duplicate references in the
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271 | presence of cyclic links.
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272 | * `realpath` Set to true to call `fs.realpath` on all of the results.
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273 | In the case of a symlink that cannot be resolved, the full absolute
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274 | path to the matched entry is returned (though it will usually be a
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275 | broken symlink)
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276 | * `absolute` Set to true to always receive absolute paths for matched
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277 | files. Unlike `realpath`, this also affects the values returned in
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278 | the `match` event.
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279 |
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280 | ## Comparisons to other fnmatch/glob implementations
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281 |
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282 | While strict compliance with the existing standards is a worthwhile
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283 | goal, some discrepancies exist between node-glob and other
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284 | implementations, and are intentional.
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285 |
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286 | The double-star character `**` is supported by default, unless the
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287 | `noglobstar` flag is set. This is supported in the manner of bsdglob
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288 | and bash 4.3, where `**` only has special significance if it is the only
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289 | thing in a path part. That is, `a/**/b` will match `a/x/y/b`, but
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290 | `a/**b` will not.
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291 |
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292 | Note that symlinked directories are not crawled as part of a `**`,
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293 | though their contents may match against subsequent portions of the
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294 | pattern. This prevents infinite loops and duplicates and the like.
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295 |
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296 | If an escaped pattern has no matches, and the `nonull` flag is set,
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297 | then glob returns the pattern as-provided, rather than
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298 | interpreting the character escapes. For example,
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299 | `glob.match([], "\\*a\\?")` will return `"\\*a\\?"` rather than
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300 | `"*a?"`. This is akin to setting the `nullglob` option in bash, except
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301 | that it does not resolve escaped pattern characters.
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302 |
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303 | If brace expansion is not disabled, then it is performed before any
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304 | other interpretation of the glob pattern. Thus, a pattern like
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305 | `+(a|{b),c)}`, which would not be valid in bash or zsh, is expanded
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306 | **first** into the set of `+(a|b)` and `+(a|c)`, and those patterns are
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307 | checked for validity. Since those two are valid, matching proceeds.
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308 |
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309 | ### Comments and Negation
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310 |
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311 | Previously, this module let you mark a pattern as a "comment" if it
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312 | started with a `#` character, or a "negated" pattern if it started
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313 | with a `!` character.
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314 |
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315 | These options were deprecated in version 5, and removed in version 6.
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316 |
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317 | To specify things that should not match, use the `ignore` option.
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318 |
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319 | ## Windows
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320 |
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321 | **Please only use forward-slashes in glob expressions.**
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322 |
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323 | Though windows uses either `/` or `\` as its path separator, only `/`
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324 | characters are used by this glob implementation. You must use
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325 | forward-slashes **only** in glob expressions. Back-slashes will always
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326 | be interpreted as escape characters, not path separators.
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327 |
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328 | Results from absolute patterns such as `/foo/*` are mounted onto the
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329 | root setting using `path.join`. On windows, this will by default result
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330 | in `/foo/*` matching `C:\foo\bar.txt`.
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331 |
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332 | ## Race Conditions
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333 |
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334 | Glob searching, by its very nature, is susceptible to race conditions,
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335 | since it relies on directory walking and such.
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336 |
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337 | As a result, it is possible that a file that exists when glob looks for
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338 | it may have been deleted or modified by the time it returns the result.
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339 |
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340 | As part of its internal implementation, this program caches all stat
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341 | and readdir calls that it makes, in order to cut down on system
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342 | overhead. However, this also makes it even more susceptible to races,
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343 | especially if the cache or statCache objects are reused between glob
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344 | calls.
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345 |
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346 | Users are thus advised not to use a glob result as a guarantee of
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347 | filesystem state in the face of rapid changes. For the vast majority
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348 | of operations, this is never a problem.
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349 |
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350 | ## Glob Logo
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351 | 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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352 |
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353 | The logo is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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354 |
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355 | ## Contributing
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356 |
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357 | Any change to behavior (including bugfixes) must come with a test.
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358 |
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359 | Patches that fail tests or reduce performance will be rejected.
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360 |
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361 | ```
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362 | # to run tests
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363 | npm test
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364 |
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365 | # to re-generate test fixtures
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366 | npm run test-regen
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367 |
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368 | # to benchmark against bash/zsh
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369 | npm run bench
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370 |
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371 | # to profile javascript
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372 | npm run prof
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373 | ```
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374 |
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375 | ![](oh-my-glob.gif)
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