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# Glob
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Match files using the patterns the shell uses, like stars and stuff.
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[](https://travis-ci.org/isaacs/node-glob/) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/isaacs/node-glob) [](https://coveralls.io/github/isaacs/node-glob?branch=master)
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This is a glob implementation in JavaScript.  It uses the `minimatch`
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library to do its matching.
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## Usage
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Install with npm
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```
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npm i glob
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```
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```javascript
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var glob = require("glob")
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// options is optional
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glob("**/*.js", options, function (er, files) {
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  // files is an array of filenames.
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  // If the `nonull` option is set, and nothing
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  // was found, then files is ["**/*.js"]
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  // er is an error object or null.
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})
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```
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## Glob Primer
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"Globs" are the patterns you type when you do stuff like `ls *.js` on
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the command line, or put `build/*` in a `.gitignore` file.
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Before parsing the path part patterns, braced sections are expanded
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into a set.  Braced sections start with `{` and end with `}`, with any
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number of comma-delimited sections within.  Braced sections may contain
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slash characters, so `a{/b/c,bcd}` would expand into `a/b/c` and `abcd`.
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The following characters have special magic meaning when used in a
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path portion:
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* `*` Matches 0 or more characters in a single path portion
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* `?` Matches 1 character
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* `[...]` Matches a range of characters, similar to a RegExp range.
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  If the first character of the range is `!` or `^` then it matches
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  any character not in the range.
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* `!(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches anything that does not match
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  any of the patterns provided.
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* `?(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches zero or one occurrence of the
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  patterns provided.
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* `+(pattern|pattern|pattern)` Matches one or more occurrences of the
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  patterns provided.
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* `*(a|b|c)` Matches zero or more occurrences of the patterns provided
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* `@(pattern|pat*|pat?erN)` Matches exactly one of the patterns
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  provided
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* `**` If a "globstar" is alone in a path portion, then it matches
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  zero or more directories and subdirectories searching for matches.
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  It does not crawl symlinked directories.
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### Dots
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If a file or directory path portion has a `.` as the first character,
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then it will not match any glob pattern unless that pattern's
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corresponding path part also has a `.` as its first character.
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For example, the pattern `a/.*/c` would match the file at `a/.b/c`.
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However the pattern `a/*/c` would not, because `*` does not start with
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a dot character.
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You can make glob treat dots as normal characters by setting
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`dot:true` in the options.
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### Basename Matching
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If you set `matchBase:true` in the options, and the pattern has no
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slashes in it, then it will seek for any file anywhere in the tree
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with a matching basename.  For example, `*.js` would match
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`test/simple/basic.js`.
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### Empty Sets
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If no matching files are found, then an empty array is returned.  This
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differs from the shell, where the pattern itself is returned.  For
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example:
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    $ echo a*s*d*f
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    a*s*d*f
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To get the bash-style behavior, set the `nonull:true` in the options.
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### See Also:
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* `man sh`
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* `man bash` (Search for "Pattern Matching")
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* `man 3 fnmatch`
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* `man 5 gitignore`
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* [minimatch documentation](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch)
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## glob.hasMagic(pattern, [options])
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Returns `true` if there are any special characters in the pattern, and
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`false` otherwise.
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Note that the options affect the results.  If `noext:true` is set in
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the options object, then `+(a|b)` will not be considered a magic
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pattern.  If the pattern has a brace expansion, like `a/{b/c,x/y}`
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then that is considered magical, unless `nobrace:true` is set in the
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options.
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## glob(pattern, [options], cb)
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* `pattern` `{String}` Pattern to be matched
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* `options` `{Object}`
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* `cb` `{Function}`
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  * `err` `{Error | null}`
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  * `matches` `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern
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Perform an asynchronous glob search.
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## glob.sync(pattern, [options])
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* `pattern` `{String}` Pattern to be matched
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* `options` `{Object}`
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* return: `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern
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Perform a synchronous glob search.
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## Class: glob.Glob
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Create a Glob object by instantiating the `glob.Glob` class.
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```javascript
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var Glob = require("glob").Glob
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var mg = new Glob(pattern, options, cb)
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```
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It's an EventEmitter, and starts walking the filesystem to find matches
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immediately.
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### new glob.Glob(pattern, [options], [cb])
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* `pattern` `{String}` pattern to search for
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* `options` `{Object}`
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* `cb` `{Function}` Called when an error occurs, or matches are found
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  * `err` `{Error | null}`
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  * `matches` `{Array<String>}` filenames found matching the pattern
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Note that if the `sync` flag is set in the options, then matches will
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be immediately available on the `g.found` member.
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### Properties
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* `minimatch` The minimatch object that the glob uses.
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* `options` The options object passed in.
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* `aborted` Boolean which is set to true when calling `abort()`.  There
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  is no way at this time to continue a glob search after aborting, but
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  you can re-use the statCache to avoid having to duplicate syscalls.
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* `cache` Convenience object.  Each field has the following possible
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  values:
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  * `false` - Path does not exist
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  * `true` - Path exists
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  * `'FILE'` - Path exists, and is not a directory
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  * `'DIR'` - Path exists, and is a directory
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  * `[file, entries, ...]` - Path exists, is a directory, and the
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    array value is the results of `fs.readdir`
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* `statCache` Cache of `fs.stat` results, to prevent statting the same
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  path multiple times.
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* `symlinks` A record of which paths are symbolic links, which is
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  relevant in resolving `**` patterns.
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* `realpathCache` An optional object which is passed to `fs.realpath`
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  to minimize unnecessary syscalls.  It is stored on the instantiated
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  Glob object, and may be re-used.
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### Events
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* `end` When the matching is finished, this is emitted with all the
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  matches found.  If the `nonull` option is set, and no match was found,
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  then the `matches` list contains the original pattern.  The matches
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  are sorted, unless the `nosort` flag is set.
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* `match` Every time a match is found, this is emitted with the specific
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  thing that matched. It is not deduplicated or resolved to a realpath.
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* `error` Emitted when an unexpected error is encountered, or whenever
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  any fs error occurs if `options.strict` is set.
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* `abort` When `abort()` is called, this event is raised.
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### Methods
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* `pause` Temporarily stop the search
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* `resume` Resume the search
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* `abort` Stop the search forever
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### Options
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All the options that can be passed to Minimatch can also be passed to
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Glob to change pattern matching behavior.  Also, some have been added,
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or have glob-specific ramifications.
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All options are false by default, unless otherwise noted.
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All options are added to the Glob object, as well.
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If you are running many `glob` operations, you can pass a Glob object
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as the `options` argument to a subsequent operation to shortcut some
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`stat` and `readdir` calls.  At the very least, you may pass in shared
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`symlinks`, `statCache`, `realpathCache`, and `cache` options, so that
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parallel glob operations will be sped up by sharing information about
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the filesystem.
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* `cwd` The current working directory in which to search.  Defaults
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  to `process.cwd()`.
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* `root` The place where patterns starting with `/` will be mounted
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  onto.  Defaults to `path.resolve(options.cwd, "/")` (`/` on Unix
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  systems, and `C:\` or some such on Windows.)
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* `dot` Include `.dot` files in normal matches and `globstar` matches.
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  Note that an explicit dot in a portion of the pattern will always
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  match dot files.
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* `nomount` By default, a pattern starting with a forward-slash will be
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  "mounted" onto the root setting, so that a valid filesystem path is
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  returned.  Set this flag to disable that behavior.
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* `mark` Add a `/` character to directory matches.  Note that this
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  requires additional stat calls.
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* `nosort` Don't sort the results.
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* `stat` Set to true to stat *all* results.  This reduces performance
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  somewhat, and is completely unnecessary, unless `readdir` is presumed
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  to be an untrustworthy indicator of file existence.
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* `silent` When an unusual error is encountered when attempting to
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  read a directory, a warning will be printed to stderr.  Set the
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  `silent` option to true to suppress these warnings.
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* `strict` When an unusual error is encountered when attempting to
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  read a directory, the process will just continue on in search of
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  other matches.  Set the `strict` option to raise an error in these
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  cases.
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* `cache` See `cache` property above.  Pass in a previously generated
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  cache object to save some fs calls.
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* `statCache` A cache of results of filesystem information, to prevent
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  unnecessary stat calls.  While it should not normally be necessary
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  to set this, you may pass the statCache from one glob() call to the
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  options object of another, if you know that the filesystem will not
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  change between calls.  (See "Race Conditions" below.)
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* `symlinks` A cache of known symbolic links.  You may pass in a
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  previously generated `symlinks` object to save `lstat` calls when
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  resolving `**` matches.
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* `sync` DEPRECATED: use `glob.sync(pattern, opts)` instead.
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* `nounique` In some cases, brace-expanded patterns can result in the
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  same file showing up multiple times in the result set.  By default,
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  this implementation prevents duplicates in the result set.  Set this
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  flag to disable that behavior.
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* `nonull` Set to never return an empty set, instead returning a set
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  containing the pattern itself.  This is the default in glob(3).
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* `debug` Set to enable debug logging in minimatch and glob.
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* `nobrace` Do not expand `{a,b}` and `{1..3}` brace sets.
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* `noglobstar` Do not match `**` against multiple filenames.  (Ie,
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  treat it as a normal `*` instead.)
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* `noext` Do not match `+(a|b)` "extglob" patterns.
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* `nocase` Perform a case-insensitive match.  Note: on
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  case-insensitive filesystems, non-magic patterns will match by
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  default, since `stat` and `readdir` will not raise errors.
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* `matchBase` Perform a basename-only match if the pattern does not
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  contain any slash characters.  That is, `*.js` would be treated as
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  equivalent to `**/*.js`, matching all js files in all directories.
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* `nodir` Do not match directories, only files.  (Note: to match
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  *only* directories, simply put a `/` at the end of the pattern.)
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* `ignore` Add a pattern or an array of glob patterns to exclude matches.
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  Note: `ignore` patterns are *always* in `dot:true` mode, regardless
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  of any other settings.
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* `follow` Follow symlinked directories when expanding `**` patterns.
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  Note that this can result in a lot of duplicate references in the
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  presence of cyclic links.
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* `realpath` Set to true to call `fs.realpath` on all of the results.
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  In the case of a symlink that cannot be resolved, the full absolute
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  path to the matched entry is returned (though it will usually be a
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  broken symlink)
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* `absolute` Set to true to always receive absolute paths for matched
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  files.  Unlike `realpath`, this also affects the values returned in
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  the `match` event.
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## Comparisons to other fnmatch/glob implementations
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While strict compliance with the existing standards is a worthwhile
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goal, some discrepancies exist between node-glob and other
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implementations, and are intentional.
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The double-star character `**` is supported by default, unless the
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`noglobstar` flag is set.  This is supported in the manner of bsdglob
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and bash 4.3, where `**` only has special significance if it is the only
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thing in a path part.  That is, `a/**/b` will match `a/x/y/b`, but
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`a/**b` will not.
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Note that symlinked directories are not crawled as part of a `**`,
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though their contents may match against subsequent portions of the
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pattern.  This prevents infinite loops and duplicates and the like.
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If an escaped pattern has no matches, and the `nonull` flag is set,
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then glob returns the pattern as-provided, rather than
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interpreting the character escapes.  For example,
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`glob.match([], "\\*a\\?")` will return `"\\*a\\?"` rather than
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`"*a?"`.  This is akin to setting the `nullglob` option in bash, except
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that it does not resolve escaped pattern characters.
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If brace expansion is not disabled, then it is performed before any
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other interpretation of the glob pattern.  Thus, a pattern like
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`+(a|{b),c)}`, which would not be valid in bash or zsh, is expanded
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**first** into the set of `+(a|b)` and `+(a|c)`, and those patterns are
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checked for validity.  Since those two are valid, matching proceeds.
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### Comments and Negation
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Previously, this module let you mark a pattern as a "comment" if it
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started with a `#` character, or a "negated" pattern if it started
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with a `!` character.
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These options were deprecated in version 5, and removed in version 6.
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To specify things that should not match, use the `ignore` option.
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## Windows
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**Please only use forward-slashes in glob expressions.**
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Though windows uses either `/` or `\` as its path separator, only `/`
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characters are used by this glob implementation.  You must use
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forward-slashes **only** in glob expressions.  Back-slashes will always
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be interpreted as escape characters, not path separators.
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Results from absolute patterns such as `/foo/*` are mounted onto the
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root setting using `path.join`.  On windows, this will by default result
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in `/foo/*` matching `C:\foo\bar.txt`.
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## Race Conditions
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Glob searching, by its very nature, is susceptible to race conditions,
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since it relies on directory walking and such.
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As a result, it is possible that a file that exists when glob looks for
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it may have been deleted or modified by the time it returns the result.
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As part of its internal implementation, this program caches all stat
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and readdir calls that it makes, in order to cut down on system
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overhead.  However, this also makes it even more susceptible to races,
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especially if the cache or statCache objects are reused between glob
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calls.
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Users are thus advised not to use a glob result as a guarantee of
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filesystem state in the face of rapid changes.  For the vast majority
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of operations, this is never a problem.
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## Glob Logo
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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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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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## Contributing
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Any change to behavior (including bugfixes) must come with a test.
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Patches that fail tests or reduce performance will be rejected.
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```
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# to run tests
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npm test
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# to re-generate test fixtures
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npm run test-regen
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# to benchmark against bash/zsh
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npm run bench
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# to profile javascript
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npm run prof
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```
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