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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_pathspec_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_pathspec_h__
typedef struct git_pathspec git_pathspec;
* List of filenames matching a pathspec
typedef struct git_pathspec_match_list git_pathspec_match_list;
* Options controlling how pathspec match should be executed
GIT_PATHSPEC_DEFAULT = 0,
* GIT_PATHSPEC_IGNORE_CASE forces match to ignore case; otherwise
* match will use native case sensitivity of platform filesystem
GIT_PATHSPEC_IGNORE_CASE = (1u << 0),
* GIT_PATHSPEC_USE_CASE forces case sensitive match; otherwise
* match will use native case sensitivity of platform filesystem
GIT_PATHSPEC_USE_CASE = (1u << 1),
* GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_GLOB disables glob patterns and just uses simple
* string comparison for matching
GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_GLOB = (1u << 2),
* GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_MATCH_ERROR means the match functions return error
* code GIT_ENOTFOUND if no matches are found; otherwise no matches is
* still success (return 0) but `git_pathspec_match_list_entrycount`
* will indicate 0 matches.
GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_MATCH_ERROR = (1u << 3),
* GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES means that the `git_pathspec_match_list`
* should track which patterns matched which files so that at the end of
* the match we can identify patterns that did not match any files.
GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES = (1u << 4),
* GIT_PATHSPEC_FAILURES_ONLY means that the `git_pathspec_match_list`
* does not need to keep the actual matching filenames. Use this to
* just test if there were any matches at all or in combination with
* GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES to validate a pathspec.
GIT_PATHSPEC_FAILURES_ONLY = (1u << 5),
* @param out Output of the compiled pathspec
* @param pathspec A git_strarray of the paths to match
* @return 0 on success, <0 on failure
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_pathspec_new(
git_pathspec **out, const git_strarray *pathspec);
* @param ps The compiled pathspec
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_pathspec_free(git_pathspec *ps);
* Try to match a path against a pathspec
* Unlike most of the other pathspec matching functions, this will not
* fall back on the native case-sensitivity for your platform. You must
* explicitly pass flags to control case sensitivity or else this will
* fall back on being case sensitive.
* @param ps The compiled pathspec
* @param flags Combination of git_pathspec_flag_t options to control match
* @param path The pathname to attempt to match
* @return 1 is path matches spec, 0 if it does not
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_pathspec_matches_path(
const git_pathspec *ps, uint32_t flags, const char *path);
* Match a pathspec against the working directory of a repository.
* This matches the pathspec against the current files in the working
* directory of the repository. It is an error to invoke this on a bare
* repo. This handles git ignores (i.e. ignored files will not be
* considered to match the `pathspec` unless the file is tracked in the
* If `out` is not NULL, this returns a `git_patchspec_match_list`. That
* contains the list of all matched filenames (unless you pass the
* `GIT_PATHSPEC_FAILURES_ONLY` flag) and may also contain the list of
* pathspecs with no match (if you used the `GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES`
* flag). You must call `git_pathspec_match_list_free()` on this object.
* @param out Output list of matches; pass NULL to just get return value
* @param repo The repository in which to match; bare repo is an error
* @param flags Combination of git_pathspec_flag_t options to control match
* @param ps Pathspec to be matched
* @return 0 on success, -1 on error, GIT_ENOTFOUND if no matches and
* the GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_MATCH_ERROR flag was given
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_pathspec_match_workdir(
git_pathspec_match_list **out,
* Match a pathspec against entries in an index.
* This matches the pathspec against the files in the repository index.
* NOTE: At the moment, the case sensitivity of this match is controlled
* by the current case-sensitivity of the index object itself and the
* USE_CASE and IGNORE_CASE flags will have no effect. This behavior will
* be corrected in a future release.
* If `out` is not NULL, this returns a `git_patchspec_match_list`. That
* contains the list of all matched filenames (unless you pass the
* `GIT_PATHSPEC_FAILURES_ONLY` flag) and may also contain the list of
* pathspecs with no match (if you used the `GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES`
* flag). You must call `git_pathspec_match_list_free()` on this object.
* @param out Output list of matches; pass NULL to just get return value
* @param index The index to match against
* @param flags Combination of git_pathspec_flag_t options to control match
* @param ps Pathspec to be matched
* @return 0 on success, -1 on error, GIT_ENOTFOUND if no matches and
* the GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_MATCH_ERROR flag is used
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_pathspec_match_index(
git_pathspec_match_list **out,
* Match a pathspec against files in a tree.
* This matches the pathspec against the files in the given tree.
* If `out` is not NULL, this returns a `git_patchspec_match_list`. That
* contains the list of all matched filenames (unless you pass the
* `GIT_PATHSPEC_FAILURES_ONLY` flag) and may also contain the list of
* pathspecs with no match (if you used the `GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES`
* flag). You must call `git_pathspec_match_list_free()` on this object.
* @param out Output list of matches; pass NULL to just get return value
* @param tree The root-level tree to match against
* @param flags Combination of git_pathspec_flag_t options to control match
* @param ps Pathspec to be matched
* @return 0 on success, -1 on error, GIT_ENOTFOUND if no matches and
* the GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_MATCH_ERROR flag is used
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_pathspec_match_tree(
git_pathspec_match_list **out,
* Match a pathspec against files in a diff list.
* This matches the pathspec against the files in the given diff list.
* If `out` is not NULL, this returns a `git_patchspec_match_list`. That
* contains the list of all matched filenames (unless you pass the
* `GIT_PATHSPEC_FAILURES_ONLY` flag) and may also contain the list of
* pathspecs with no match (if you used the `GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES`
* flag). You must call `git_pathspec_match_list_free()` on this object.
* @param out Output list of matches; pass NULL to just get return value
* @param diff A generated diff list
* @param flags Combination of git_pathspec_flag_t options to control match
* @param ps Pathspec to be matched
* @return 0 on success, -1 on error, GIT_ENOTFOUND if no matches and
* the GIT_PATHSPEC_NO_MATCH_ERROR flag is used
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_pathspec_match_diff(
git_pathspec_match_list **out,
* Free memory associates with a git_pathspec_match_list
* @param m The git_pathspec_match_list to be freed
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_pathspec_match_list_free(git_pathspec_match_list *m);
* Get the number of items in a match list.
* @param m The git_pathspec_match_list object
* @return Number of items in match list
GIT_EXTERN(size_t) git_pathspec_match_list_entrycount(
const git_pathspec_match_list *m);
* Get a matching filename by position.
* This routine cannot be used if the match list was generated by
* `git_pathspec_match_diff`. If so, it will always return NULL.
* @param m The git_pathspec_match_list object
* @param pos The index into the list
* @return The filename of the match
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_pathspec_match_list_entry(
const git_pathspec_match_list *m, size_t pos);
* Get a matching diff delta by position.
* This routine can only be used if the match list was generated by
* `git_pathspec_match_diff`. Otherwise it will always return NULL.
* @param m The git_pathspec_match_list object
* @param pos The index into the list
* @return The filename of the match
GIT_EXTERN(const git_diff_delta *) git_pathspec_match_list_diff_entry(
const git_pathspec_match_list *m, size_t pos);
* Get the number of pathspec items that did not match.
* This will be zero unless you passed GIT_PATHSPEC_FIND_FAILURES when
* generating the git_pathspec_match_list.
* @param m The git_pathspec_match_list object
* @return Number of items in original pathspec that had no matches
GIT_EXTERN(size_t) git_pathspec_match_list_failed_entrycount(
const git_pathspec_match_list *m);
* Get an original pathspec string that had no matches.
* This will be return NULL for positions out of range.
* @param m The git_pathspec_match_list object
* @param pos The index into the failed items
* @return The pathspec pattern that didn't match anything
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_pathspec_match_list_failed_entry(
const git_pathspec_match_list *m, size_t pos);