pathspec: support :(glob) syntax

:(glob)path differs from plain pathspec that it uses wildmatch with
WM_PATHNAME while the other uses fnmatch without FNM_PATHNAME. The
difference lies in how '*' (and '**') is processed.

With the introduction of :(glob) and :(literal) and their global
options --[no]glob-pathspecs, the user can:

 - make everything literal by default via --noglob-pathspecs
   --literal-pathspecs cannot be used for this purpose as it
   disables _all_ pathspec magic.

 - individually turn on globbing with :(glob)

 - make everything globbing by default via --glob-pathspecs

 - individually turn off globbing with :(literal)

The implication behind this is, there is no way to gain the default
matching behavior (i.e. fnmatch without FNM_PATHNAME). You either get
new globbing or literal. The old fnmatch behavior is considered
deprecated and discouraged to use.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/git.txt

@@ -454,6 +454,17 @@ help ...`.
 	This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment
 	variable to `1`.
 
+--glob-pathspecs:
+	Add "glob" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting
+	the `GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`. Disabling
+	globbing on individual pathspecs can be done using pathspec
+	magic ":(literal)"
+
+--noglob-pathspecs:
+	Add "literal" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting
+	the `GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`. Enabling
+	globbing on individual pathspecs can be done using pathspec
+	magic ":(glob)"
 
 GIT COMMANDS
 ------------
@@ -860,6 +871,14 @@ GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS::
 	literal paths to Git (e.g., paths previously given to you by
 	`git ls-tree`, `--raw` diff output, etc).
 
+GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS::
+	Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
+	pathspecs as glob patterns (aka "glob" magic).
+
+GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS::
+	Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
+	pathspecs as literal (aka "literal" magic).
+
 
 Discussion[[Discussion]]
 ------------------------

Documentation/glossary-content.txt

@@ -333,6 +333,35 @@ top `/`;;
 literal;;
 	Wildcards in the pattern such as `*` or `?` are treated
 	as literal characters.
+
+glob;;
+	Git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable for
+	consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME flag:
+	wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname.
+	For example, "Documentation/{asterisk}.html" matches
+	"Documentation/git.html" but not "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html"
+	or "tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html".
++
+Two consecutive asterisks ("`**`") in patterns matched against
+full pathname may have special meaning:
+
+ - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
+   directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
+   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+   matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
+   under directory "`foo`".
+
+ - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+   to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
+
+ - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash
+   matches zero or more directories. For example, "`a/**/b`"
+   matches "`a/b`", "`a/x/b`", "`a/x/y/b`" and so on.
+
+ - Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.
++
+Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
 --
 +
 Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as the "magic signature",

builtin/add.c

@@ -541,11 +541,16 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		/*
 		 * file_exists() assumes exact match
 		 */
-		GUARD_PATHSPEC(&pathspec, PATHSPEC_FROMTOP | PATHSPEC_LITERAL);
+		GUARD_PATHSPEC(&pathspec,
+			       PATHSPEC_FROMTOP |
+			       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
+			       PATHSPEC_GLOB);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < pathspec.nr; i++) {
 			const char *path = pathspec.items[i].match;
-			if (!seen[i] && !file_exists(path)) {
+			if (!seen[i] &&
+			    ((pathspec.items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB) ||
+			     !file_exists(path))) {
 				if (ignore_missing) {
 					int dtype = DT_UNKNOWN;
 					if (is_excluded(&dir, path, &dtype))

builtin/ls-tree.c

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * cannot be lifted until it is converted to use
 	 * match_pathspec_depth() or tree_entry_interesting()
 	 */
-	parse_pathspec(&pathspec, 0,
+	parse_pathspec(&pathspec, PATHSPEC_GLOB,
 		       PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD,
 		       prefix, argv + 1);
 	for (i = 0; i < pathspec.nr; i++)

cache.h

@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
 #define GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF"
 #define GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE"
 #define GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS"
+#define GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS"
+#define GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS"
 
 /*
  * This environment variable is expected to contain a boolean indicating

dir.c

@@ -52,26 +52,28 @@ int fnmatch_icase(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
 	return fnmatch(pattern, string, flags | (ignore_case ? FNM_CASEFOLD : 0));
 }
 
-inline int git_fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string,
-		       int flags, int prefix)
+inline int git_fnmatch(const struct pathspec_item *item,
+		       const char *pattern, const char *string,
+		       int prefix)
 {
-	int fnm_flags = 0;
-	if (flags & GFNM_PATHNAME)
-		fnm_flags |= FNM_PATHNAME;
 	if (prefix > 0) {
 		if (strncmp(pattern, string, prefix))
 			return FNM_NOMATCH;
 		pattern += prefix;
 		string += prefix;
 	}
-	if (flags & GFNM_ONESTAR) {
+	if (item->flags & PATHSPEC_ONESTAR) {
 		int pattern_len = strlen(++pattern);
 		int string_len = strlen(string);
 		return string_len < pattern_len ||
 		       strcmp(pattern,
 			      string + string_len - pattern_len);
 	}
-	return fnmatch(pattern, string, fnm_flags);
+	if (item->magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB)
+		return wildmatch(pattern, string, WM_PATHNAME, NULL);
+	else
+		/* wildmatch has not learned no FNM_PATHNAME mode yet */
+		return fnmatch(pattern, string, 0);
 }
 
 static int fnmatch_icase_mem(const char *pattern, int patternlen,
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ static size_t common_prefix_len(const struct pathspec *pathspec)
 	GUARD_PATHSPEC(pathspec,
 		       PATHSPEC_FROMTOP |
 		       PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH |
-		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL);
+		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
+		       PATHSPEC_GLOB);
 
 	for (n = 0; n < pathspec->nr; n++) {
 		size_t i = 0, len = 0;
@@ -206,8 +209,7 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct pathspec_item *item, int prefix,
 	}
 
 	if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len &&
-	    !git_fnmatch(match, name,
-			 item->flags & PATHSPEC_ONESTAR ? GFNM_ONESTAR : 0,
+	    !git_fnmatch(item, match, name,
 			 item->nowildcard_len - prefix))
 		return MATCHED_FNMATCH;
 
@@ -238,7 +240,8 @@ int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
 	GUARD_PATHSPEC(ps,
 		       PATHSPEC_FROMTOP |
 		       PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH |
-		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL);
+		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
+		       PATHSPEC_GLOB);
 
 	if (!ps->nr) {
 		if (!ps->recursive ||
@@ -1297,7 +1300,8 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, int len, const stru
 		GUARD_PATHSPEC(pathspec,
 			       PATHSPEC_FROMTOP |
 			       PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH |
-			       PATHSPEC_LITERAL);
+			       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
+			       PATHSPEC_GLOB);
 
 	if (has_symlink_leading_path(path, len))
 		return dir->nr;

dir.h

@@ -199,10 +199,9 @@ extern int fnmatch_icase(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags);
 /*
  * The prefix part of pattern must not contains wildcards.
  */
-#define GFNM_PATHNAME 1		/* similar to FNM_PATHNAME */
-#define GFNM_ONESTAR  2		/* there is only _one_ wildcard, a star */
-
-extern int git_fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string,
-		       int flags, int prefix);
+struct pathspec_item;
+extern int git_fnmatch(const struct pathspec_item *item,
+		       const char *pattern, const char *string,
+		       int prefix);
 
 #endif

git.c

@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			setenv(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--glob-pathspecs")) {
+			setenv(GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
+			if (envchanged)
+				*envchanged = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--noglob-pathspecs")) {
+			setenv(GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
+			if (envchanged)
+				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--shallow-file")) {
 			(*argv)++;
 			(*argc)--;

pathspec.c

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ char *find_pathspecs_matching_against_index(const struct pathspec *pathspec)
  *
  * Possible future magic semantics include stuff like:
  *
- *	{ PATHSPEC_NOGLOB, '!', "noglob" },
  *	{ PATHSPEC_ICASE, '\0', "icase" },
  *	{ PATHSPEC_RECURSIVE, '*', "recursive" },
  *	{ PATHSPEC_REGEXP, '\0', "regexp" },
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ static struct pathspec_magic {
 } pathspec_magic[] = {
 	{ PATHSPEC_FROMTOP, '/', "top" },
 	{ PATHSPEC_LITERAL,   0, "literal" },
+	{ PATHSPEC_GLOB,   '\0', "glob" },
 };
 
 /*
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 				const char *elt)
 {
 	static int literal_global = -1;
+	static int glob_global = -1;
+	static int noglob_global = -1;
 	unsigned magic = 0, short_magic = 0, global_magic = 0;
 	const char *copyfrom = elt, *long_magic_end = NULL;
 	char *match;
@@ -103,6 +105,22 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 	if (literal_global)
 		global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
 
+	if (glob_global < 0)
+		glob_global = git_env_bool(GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
+	if (glob_global)
+		global_magic |= PATHSPEC_GLOB;
+
+	if (noglob_global < 0)
+		noglob_global = git_env_bool(GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
+
+	if (glob_global && noglob_global)
+		die(_("global 'glob' and 'noglob' pathspec settings are incompatible"));
+
+	if ((global_magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL) &&
+	    (global_magic & ~PATHSPEC_LITERAL))
+		die(_("global 'literal' pathspec setting is incompatible "
+		      "with all other global pathspec settings"));
+
 	if (elt[0] != ':' || literal_global) {
 		; /* nothing to do */
 	} else if (elt[1] == '(') {
@@ -167,12 +185,24 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 
 	magic |= short_magic;
 	*p_short_magic = short_magic;
+
+	/* --noglob-pathspec adds :(literal) _unless_ :(glob) is specifed */
+	if (noglob_global && !(magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB))
+		global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
+
+	/* --glob-pathspec is overriden by :(literal) */
+	if ((global_magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB) && (magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL))
+		global_magic &= ~PATHSPEC_GLOB;
+
 	magic |= global_magic;
 
 	if (pathspec_prefix >= 0 &&
 	    (prefixlen || (prefix && *prefix)))
 		die("BUG: 'prefix' magic is supposed to be used at worktree's root");
 
+	if ((magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL) && (magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB))
+		die(_("%s: 'literal' and 'glob' are incompatible"), elt);
+
 	if (pathspec_prefix >= 0) {
 		match = xstrdup(copyfrom);
 		prefixlen = pathspec_prefix;
@@ -248,10 +278,17 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 			item->nowildcard_len = prefixlen;
 	}
 	item->flags = 0;
-	if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len &&
-	    item->match[item->nowildcard_len] == '*' &&
-	    no_wildcard(item->match + item->nowildcard_len + 1))
-		item->flags |= PATHSPEC_ONESTAR;
+	if (magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB) {
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: should we enable ONESTAR in _GLOB for
+		 * pattern "* * / * . c"?
+		 */
+	} else {
+		if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len &&
+		    item->match[item->nowildcard_len] == '*' &&
+		    no_wildcard(item->match + item->nowildcard_len + 1))
+			item->flags |= PATHSPEC_ONESTAR;
+	}
 
 	/* sanity checks, pathspec matchers assume these are sane */
 	assert(item->nowildcard_len <= item->len &&

pathspec.h

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 #define PATHSPEC_FROMTOP	(1<<0)
 #define PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH	(1<<1)
 #define PATHSPEC_LITERAL	(1<<2)
+#define PATHSPEC_GLOB		(1<<3)
 #define PATHSPEC_ALL_MAGIC	  \
 	(PATHSPEC_FROMTOP	| \
 	 PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH	| \
-	 PATHSPEC_LITERAL)
+	 PATHSPEC_LITERAL	| \
+	 PATHSPEC_GLOB)
 
 #define PATHSPEC_ONESTAR 1	/* the pathspec pattern sastisfies GFNM_ONESTAR */