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[PATCH v5 10/12] wildmatch: adjust "**" behavior

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 14, 2012, 02:35 UTC
Message-ID
<1350182110-25936-11-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
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 dd95b00..15848d5 100755
--- a/t/t3070-wildmatch.sh
+++ b/t/t3070-wildmatch.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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'
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ 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 6542524..7209f26 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)
@@ -90,8 +85,14 @@ 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);
-- 
1.8.0.rc2.11.g2b79d01
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  1. 00/12 nd/wildmatchNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  2. 01/12 ctype: make sane_ctype[] const arrayNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  3. 02/12 ctype: support iscntrl, ispunct, isxdigit and isprintNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2012
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 14, 2012
  6. René ScharfeOct 14, 2012
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 14, 2012
  8. René ScharfeOct 14, 2012
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 14, 2012
  10. Jan H. SchönherrOct 17, 2012
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 17, 2012
  12. Correct Git's version of isprint and isspaceNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 13, 2012
  13. Jan H. SchönherrNov 13, 2012
  14. René ScharfeNov 13, 2012
  15. René ScharfeNov 13, 2012
  16. Linus TorvaldsNov 13, 2012
  17. Linus TorvaldsNov 13, 2012
  18. René ScharfeNov 14, 2012
  19. Johannes SixtNov 13, 2012
  20. wildmatch: correct isprint and isspaceNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 15, 2012
  21. Jan H. SchönherrNov 15, 2012
  22. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 16, 2012
  23. 03/12 Import wildmatch from rsyncNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  24. 04/12 wildmatch: remove unnecessary functionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  25. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2012
  26. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 14, 2012
  27. 05/12 Integrate wildmatch to gitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2012
  29. Torsten BögershausenOct 14, 2012
  30. 06/12 t3070: disable unreliable fnmatch testsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  31. 07/12 wildmatch: make wildmatch's return value compatible with fnmatchNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2012
  33. 08/12 wildmatch: remove static variable force_lower_caseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  34. 09/12 wildmatch: fix case-insensitive matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  35. 10/12 wildmatch: adjust "**" behaviorNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  36. 11/12 wildmatch: make /**/ match zero or more directoriesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012
  37. 12/12 Support "**" wildcard in .gitignore and .gitattributesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 14, 2012

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