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[PATCH v4 09/12] wildmatch: adjust "**" behavior

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 10, 2012, 10:40 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Standard wildmatch() sees consecutive asterisks as "*" that can also match slashes. But that may be hard to explain to users as "abc/**/def" can match "abcdef", "abcxyzdef", "abc/def", "abc/x/def", "abc/x/y/def"...

This patch changes wildmatch so that users can do
- "**/def" -> all paths ending with file/directory 'def'
- "abc/**" - equivalent to "/abc/"
- "abc/**/def" -> "abc/x/def", "abc/x/y/def"...
- otherwise consider the pattern malformed if "**" is found

Basically the magic of "**" only remains if it's wrapped around by slashes.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 t/t3070-wildmatch.sh |  5 +++--
 wildmatch.c          | 13 +++++++------
 wildmatch.h          |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t3070-wildmatch.sh b/t/t3070-wildmatch.sh
index bb92f8d..f6c64be 100755
--- a/t/t3070-wildmatch.sh
+++ b/t/t3070-wildmatch.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ match 0 0 foobar 'foo\*bar'
 match 1 1 'f\oo' 'f\\oo'
 match 1 1 ball '*[al]?'
 match 0 0 ten '[ten]'
-match 1 1 ten '**[!te]'
+match 0 1 ten '**[!te]'
 match 0 0 ten '**[!ten]'
 match 1 1 ten 't[a-g]n'
 match 0 0 ten 't[!a-g]n'
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ match 1 1 ']' ']'
 
 # Extended slash-matching features
 match 0 0 'foo/baz/bar' 'foo*bar'
-match 1 0 'foo/baz/bar' 'foo**bar'
+match 0 0 'foo/baz/bar' 'foo**bar'
+match 0 1 'foobazbar' 'foo**bar'
 match 0 0 'foo/bar' 'foo?bar'
 match 0 0 'foo/bar' 'foo[/]bar'
 match 0 0 'foo/bar' 'f[^eiu][^eiu][^eiu][^eiu][^eiu]r'
diff --git a/wildmatch.c b/wildmatch.c
index b700631..e09a459 100644
--- a/wildmatch.c
+++ b/wildmatch.c
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ typedef unsigned char uchar;
 #define FALSE 0
 #define TRUE 1
 
-#define NOMATCH 1
-#define MATCH 0
-#define ABORT_ALL -1
-#define ABORT_TO_STARSTAR -2
-
 #define CC_EQ(class, len, litmatch) ((len) == sizeof (litmatch)-1 \
 				    && *(class) == *(litmatch) \
 				    && strncmp((char*)class, litmatch, len) == 0)
@@ -91,8 +86,14 @@ static int dowild(const uchar *p, const uchar *text, int force_lower_case)
 	    continue;
 	  case '*':
 	    if (*++p == '*') {
+		const uchar *prev_p = p - 2;
 		while (*++p == '*') {}
-		special = TRUE;
+		if ((prev_p == text || *prev_p == '/') ||
+		    (*p == '\0' || *p == '/' ||
+		     (p[0] == '\\' && p[1] == '/'))) {
+		    special = TRUE;
+		} else
+		    return ABORT_MALFORMED;
 	    } else
 		special = FALSE;
 	    if (*p == '\0') {
diff --git a/wildmatch.h b/wildmatch.h
index e974f9a..984a38c 100644
--- a/wildmatch.h
+++ b/wildmatch.h
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 /* wildmatch.h */
 
+#define ABORT_MALFORMED 2
+#define NOMATCH 1
+#define MATCH 0
+#define ABORT_ALL -1
+#define ABORT_TO_STARSTAR -2
+
 int wildmatch(const char *pattern, const char *text, int flags);
-- 
1.7.12.1.406.g6ab07c4
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Message 13 of 28 in “Wildmatch v4”
  1. 00/12 Wildmatch v4Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  2. 01/12 ctype: make sane_ctype[] const arrayNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  3. 02/12 ctype: support iscntrl, ispunct, isxdigit and isprintNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  4. 03/12 Import wildmatch from rsyncNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  5. 04/12 wildmatch: remove unnecessary functionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  6. Michael HaggertyOct 10, 2012
  7. 05/12 Integrate wildmatch to gitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  8. Johannes SixtOct 12, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2012
  10. 06/12 wildmatch: make wildmatch's return value compatible with fnmatchNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  11. 07/12 wildmatch: remove static variable force_lower_caseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  12. 08/12 wildmatch: fix case-insensitive matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  13. 09/12 wildmatch: adjust "**" behaviorNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  14. 10/12 wildmatch: make /**/ match zero or more directoriesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  15. 11/12 Support "**" wildcard in .gitignore and .gitattributesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  16. 12/12 t3070: disable two fnmatch tests that have different results on different libcNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  17. Johannes SixtOct 12, 2012
  18. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 12, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 11, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  25. Torsten BögershausenOct 12, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2012
  27. Torsten BögershausenOct 12, 2012
  28. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 13, 2012

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