glob-all

What is glob-all?

The glob-all npm package is a utility for matching file paths using glob patterns. It extends the functionality of the standard glob package by allowing multiple patterns to be matched at once, making it easier to work with complex file matching scenarios.

What are glob-all's main functionalities?

Match multiple patterns

This feature allows you to match multiple glob patterns at once. In this example, it matches all JavaScript files in the 'src' and 'test' directories.

const globAll = require('glob-all');
globAll(['src/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js'], (err, files) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(files);
});

Synchronous matching

This feature allows you to perform synchronous matching of multiple glob patterns. The example shows how to get all matching files synchronously.

const globAll = require('glob-all');
const files = globAll.sync(['src/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js']);
console.log(files);

Options support

This feature allows you to pass options to the glob patterns. In this example, the 'dot' option is used to include files starting with a dot.

const globAll = require('glob-all');
globAll(['src/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js'], { dot: true }, (err, files) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(files);
});

Other packages similar to glob-all

glob

The glob package is a fundamental library for matching file paths using glob patterns. It is simpler and does not support matching multiple patterns at once like glob-all.

fast-glob

The fast-glob package is a high-performance alternative to glob. It supports multiple patterns and is faster, but it has a different API and may require more configuration.

multimatch

The multimatch package allows matching file paths against multiple glob patterns. It is similar to glob-all but offers a more flexible API for complex matching scenarios.

README

glob-all

Provides a similar API to glob, however instead of a single pattern, you may also use arrays of patterns.

Install

npm install --save glob-all

Usage

Given files:

files
├── a.txt
├── b.txt
├── c.txt
└── x
    ├── y.txt
    └── z.txt

We can:

var glob = require('glob-all');

var files = glob.sync([
  'files/**',      //include all     files/
  '!files/x/**',   //then, exclude   files/x/
  'files/x/z.txt'  //then, reinclude files/x/z.txt
]);

console.log(files);

Resulting in:

[ 'files',
  'files/a.txt',
  'files/b.txt',
  'files/c.txt',
  'files/x/z.txt' ]

CLI Usage

npm install -g glob-all

List all JavaScript files in example/

$ glob-all 'example/**/*.js'
example/async.js
example/events.js
example/order.js
example/perf.js
example/sync.js

Or list all JavaScript files but ignore 3rd-party modules:

$ glob-all '**/*.js' '!node_modules/**/*'

API

• Async - glob(patterns[, options], callback)

  • Returns a GlobAll instance which emits:
    • match
    • error
    • end

• Sync - glob.sync(patterns[, options])

  • Returns [String] or null

See node-glob

Notes

Exclude Pattern

Since node-glob only allows one pattern, there is no such thing as an exclude pattern (like in Grunt and Gulp). However, in node-glob-all we allow exclusion of the results of an entire pattern by prefixing the pattern with !.

node-glob exclusions (! inside the pattern) to exclude a portion of the path will still work as expected.

File Order

If a file occurs in more than once in the set, the one with the more precise pattern will be used and the other will be thrown away. So, if you'd like a file be in a certain position, you could do:

var glob = require('glob-all');

var files = glob.sync([
  'files/x/y.txt',
  'files/**'
]);

console.log(files);

Which will bring files/x/y.txt to the top:

[ 'files/x/y.txt',
  'files',
  'files/a.txt',
  'files/b.txt',
  'files/c.txt',
  'files/x',
  'files/x/z.txt' ]

Filtering out directories

You can use the mark option to mark directories with a /, then you can:

files.filter(function(f) { return !/\/$/.test(f); });

Performance

Internally, glob-all uses the statCache option to prevent repeat lookups across multiple patterns.

Todo

• Implement abort()
• Add tests

Contributing

• edit glob-all.js
• npm test

MIT License

Copyright © 2014 Jaime Pillora <[e-mail]>

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