chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::ChefFS::FilePattern#normalized_pattern

Returns the normalized version of the pattern, with / as the directory
separator, and "." and ".." removed.

This does not presently change things like \b to b, but in the future
it might.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git

cd chef

open lib/chef/chef_fs/file_pattern.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--ChefFS--FilePattern-normalized_pattern-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/chef_fs/file_pattern.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::ChefFS::FilePattern#normalized_pattern"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--ChefFS--FilePattern-normalized_pattern-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!