Escape filepath.Match syntax

filepathx.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package filepathx
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -24,11 +25,28 @@ func Glob(pattern string) ([]string, error) {
 
 // Expand finds matches for the provided Globs.
 func (globs Globs) Expand() ([]string, error) {
+
+	// Escape `filepath.Match` syntax.
+	// On Unix escaping works with `\\`,
+	// on windows it is disabled, therefore
+	// replace it by '?' := any character.
+	var escapeChar string = "\\"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		escapeChar = "?"
+	}
+
 	var matches = []string{""} // accumulate here
 	for _, glob := range globs {
 		var hits []string
 		var hitMap = map[string]bool{}
 		for _, match := range matches {
+
+			match = strings.ReplaceAll(
+				strings.ReplaceAll(
+					strings.ReplaceAll(match, "*", escapeChar+"*"),
+					"[", escapeChar+"["),
+				"]", escapeChar+"]")
+
 			paths, err := filepath.Glob(match + glob)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err

filepathx_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func cleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	err := os.RemoveAll("./a")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("os.Removall: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGlob_ZeroDoubleStars_oneMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	// test passthru to vanilla path/filepath
 	path := "./a/b/c.d/e.f"
@@ -23,6 +30,7 @@ func TestGlob_ZeroDoubleStars_oneMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	if matches[0] != expected {
 		t.Fatalf("matched [%s], expected [%s]", matches[0], expected)
 	}
+	cleanup(t)
 }
 
 func TestGlob_OneDoubleStar_oneMatch(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ func TestGlob_OneDoubleStar_oneMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	if matches[0] != expected {
 		t.Fatalf("matched [%s], expected [%s]", matches[0], expected)
 	}
+	cleanup(t)
 }
 
 func TestGlob_OneDoubleStar_twoMatches(t *testing.T) {
@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@ func TestGlob_OneDoubleStar_twoMatches(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("matched [%s], expected [%s]", match, expected[i])
 		}
 	}
+	cleanup(t)
 }
 
 func TestGlob_TwoDoubleStars_oneMatch(t *testing.T) {
@@ -85,6 +95,7 @@ func TestGlob_TwoDoubleStars_oneMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	if matches[0] != expected {
 		t.Fatalf("matched [%s], expected [%s]", matches[0], expected)
 	}
+	cleanup(t)
 }
 
 func TestExpand_DirectCall_emptySlice(t *testing.T) {
@@ -96,4 +107,28 @@ func TestExpand_DirectCall_emptySlice(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(matches) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("got %d matches, expected 0", len(matches))
 	}
+	cleanup(t)
+}
+
+func TestExpand_TwoDoubleStarts_escapeCharactersInPath(t *testing.T) {
+	// test a single double-star
+	path := "./a/b/c.d/["
+	err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("os.MkdirAll: %s", err)
+	}
+	matches, err := Glob("./a/**/*.*")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Glob: %s", err)
+	}
+	if len(matches) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d matches, expected 2", len(matches))
+	}
+	expected := []string{"a/b/c.d", "a/b/c.d/["}
+	for i, match := range matches {
+		if match != expected[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("matched [%s], expected [%s]", match, expected[i])
+		}
+	}
+	cleanup(t)
 }