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Support for matching file paths against Unix shell style patterns.

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Rust
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Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 8, 2026
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Sep 19, 2026
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  • `glob()`/`glob_with()` reject patterns that `Pattern::new()` accepts (character class containing `/`)
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

    rust-lang/glob#196 ·

  • `?` matches forward slashes
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

    rust-lang/glob#190 ·

  • Make PatternToken public
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#185 ·

  • [1.0] Remove some trait impls
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#171 ·

  • [1.0] `Pattern::as_str` should return an option
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/glob#168 ·

  • [1.0] Take `S: AsRef<Path>` rather than `&Path`
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#167 · 1 comment ·

  • [1.0]: Take `MatchOptions` during construction of `Pattern`, not during matching
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    rust-lang/glob#165 ·

  • Several file extension pattern
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

    rust-lang/glob#163 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Max glob depth
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#161 · 2 comments ·

  • Question: what is the correct approach for matching windows paths
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    rust-lang/glob#159 ·

  • [1.0] Mark `MatchOptions` `#[non_exhaustive]`
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

    rust-lang/glob#158 · 1 reaction ·

  • build a Paths from a Pattern
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#148 · 1 reaction ·

  • bound on glob functions should be expanded to AsRef<Path>
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#146 · 6 reactions ·

  • Ability to opt out of `**` (have it behave like `*` / POSIX glob)
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#142 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • Windows paths starting with `\\?\<Drive Letter>` do not work
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#132 · 5 comments · 4 reactions ·

  • `matches_path` should work on absolute paths
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#106 ·

  • Wrong token list created for "foo/**"
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#92 · 1 comment ·

  • matchs_xxx_with methods should support reference MatchOptions
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#90 ·

  • Pattern **/ matches everything
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#83 · 10 comments ·

  • glob() should take a Path not str
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    rust-lang/glob#78 · 6 comments · 6 reactions ·

  • [Feature request] add is_literal(pattern)
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

    rust-lang/glob#72 · 7 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • Add `Paths::files` and `Paths::dirs`
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#65 · 2 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • add `From<GlobError> for io::Error` impl
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#64 · 3 comments ·

  • glob follows symlinks
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#62 · 3 comments · 7 reactions ·

  • Considering a roadmap for 1.0, or alternatively considering deprecating in favor of the "globset" crate
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/glob#59 · 21 comments ·

  • '*' broken in Pattern::matches_path
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#56 · 5 comments ·

  • Support starting from a specified directory, not just current working directory
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#54 · 2 comments · 22 reactions ·

  • Add back volume-relative logic
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/glob#34 ·

  • Support string alternative syntax (curly braces pattern)
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    rust-lang/glob#2 · 2 comments · 30 reactions ·

  • [1.0] Change `MatchOptions::default` to match `MatchOptions::new`
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 68/100

    rust-lang/glob#170 ·

  • [1.0] Restructure `PatternError`
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#166 ·

  • support '~' as shortcut for home directory
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#149 · 1 reaction ·

  • Glob panicked because of an out-of-bounds error on the pattern
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#134 ·

  • Allow the use of `^` for negation in addition to `!`?
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#116 · 4 comments ·

  • Make MatchOptions::new const
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#102 · 2 comments ·

  • Unify MatchOptions new() and default() function
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

    rust-lang/glob#101 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • Globbing drops Component::CurDir
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#70 ·

  • `glob_with` case insensitivity seems broken
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/glob#61 · 1 comment · 5 reactions ·

  • glob("*") does not support matching non-utf8 filenames
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/glob#23 · 1 comment ·

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