GlobMatcher is a string matcher for Ruby. You can use it to check for matches using wildcards. It supports multiple patterns as well as negative patterns.

GlobMatcher is used in Cloud 66 Skycap to filter git branches before deployment.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'glob_matcher'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install glob_matcher

GlobMatcher checks strings against a pattern. A pattern is a space delimited list of single patterns to check against. Here are some patterns:

abc -> Matches abc
a* -> Matches ab, abc, azyz, ...
foo*bar -> Matches fooxbar, fooxxxxbar, ...
!abc -> Matches any value except for abc
!ab* -> Matches any value except for anything that matches ab*
foo{abc,xyz}bar -> Matches fooabcbar and fooxyzbar

You can use multiple patterns:

abc xyz -> Matches abc or xyz (OR)
!abc !xyz -> Matches anything expcet abc and xyz (AND)
foo bar !fuzz !buzz -> Matches foo or bar but not fuzz and buzz

matcher = ::GlobMatcher::Matcher.new('hel*')
matcher.is_match? 'hello' # true

matcher = ::GlobMatcher::Matcher.new('fo* !bar')
matcher.is_match? 'foo' # true
matcher.is_match? 'bar' # false

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/cloud66-oss/glob_matcher.