glob-parent

What is glob-parent?

The glob-parent npm package is used to extract the non-magic parent path from a glob string, which is useful for determining the directory that a glob is intended to match against, for ensuring consistent behavior in file watching and globbing.

What are glob-parent's main functionalities?

Extracting non-magic parent path from a glob string

This feature allows you to get the directory path without any glob patterns, which is useful for file operations that require a base directory.

const globParent = require('glob-parent');

console.log(globParent('path/to/*.js')); // Output: 'path/to'

Other packages similar to glob-parent

minimatch

Minimatch is a minimal matching utility that can convert glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. It is similar to glob-parent in that it deals with glob patterns, but it focuses more on matching patterns rather than extracting the parent path.

glob

Glob is a package that provides a way to match file paths against specified glob patterns. It is more feature-rich than glob-parent, offering the ability to find all matching files based on a glob pattern, whereas glob-parent simply extracts the base path from a glob string.

README

glob-parent

Javascript module to extract the non-magic parent path from a glob string.

Usage

npm install glob-parent --save

var globParent = require('glob-parent');

globParent('path/to/*.js'); // 'path/to'
globParent('/root/path/to/*.js'); // '/root/path/to'
globParent('/*.js'); // '/'
globParent('*.js'); // '.'
globParent('**/*.js'); // '.'
globParent('path/{to,from}'); // 'path'
globParent('path/!(to|from)'); // 'path'
globParent('path/?(to|from)'); // 'path'
globParent('path/+(to|from)'); // 'path'
globParent('path/*(to|from)'); // 'path'
globParent('path/@(to|from)'); // 'path'
globParent('path/**/*'); // 'path'

// if provided a non-glob path, returns the nearest dir
globParent('path/foo/bar.js'); // 'path/foo'
globParent('path/foo/'); // 'path/foo'
globParent('path/foo'); // 'path' (see issue #3 for details)

Change Log

See release notes page on GitHub

License

ISC