Extract the non-magic parent path from a glob string.
varglobParent=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 dirglobParent('path/foo/bar.js');// 'path/foo'globParent('path/foo/');// 'path/foo'globParent('path/foo');// 'path' (see issue #3 for details)Takes a string and returns the part of the path before the glob begins. Be aware of Escaping rules and Limitations below.
{// Disables the automatic conversion of slashes for Windows
flipBackslashes: true;}The following characters have special significance in glob patterns and must be escaped if you want them to be treated as regular path characters:
?(question mark) unless used as a path segment alone*(asterisk)|(pipe)((opening parenthesis))(closing parenthesis){(opening curly brace)}(closing curly brace)[(opening bracket)](closing bracket)
Example
globParent('foo/[bar]/');// 'foo'globParent('foo/\\[bar]/');// 'foo/[bar]'This library attempts a quick and imperfect method of determining which path parts have glob magic without fully parsing/lexing the pattern. There are some advanced use cases that can trip it up, such as nested braces where the outer pair is escaped and the inner one contains a path separator. If you find yourself in the unlikely circumstance of being affected by this or need to ensure higher-fidelity glob handling in your library, it is recommended that you pre-process your input with expand-braces and/or expand-brackets.
Backslashes are not valid path separators for globs. If a path with backslashes is provided anyway, for simple cases, glob-parent will replace the path separator for you and return the non-glob parent path (now with forward-slashes, which are still valid as Windows path separators).
This cannot be used in conjunction with escape characters.
// BADglobParent('C:\\Program Files \\(x86\\)\\*.ext');// 'C:/Program Files /(x86/)'// GOODglobParent('C:/Program Files\\(x86\\)/*.ext');// 'C:/Program Files (x86)'If you are using escape characters for a pattern without path parts (i.e.
relative to cwd), prefix with ./ to avoid confusing glob-parent.
// BADglobParent('foo \\[bar]');// 'foo 'globParent('foo \\[bar]*');// 'foo '// GOODglobParent('./foo \\[bar]');// 'foo [bar]'globParent('./foo \\[bar]*');// '.'ISC