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#match?

Returns <tt>true+ if this pattern matches the path, <tt>false+ otherwise.

  abc/*/def.match?('abc/foo/def') == true
  abc/*/def.match?('abc/foo') == false

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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-match--for-pr

# Commit to git

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

# 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-match--for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!