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Closes #901

Root cause

Constraint::Glob patterns are matched against the full relative path (crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs precompute_masks / compile_globs). zlob * crosses /, so *foo* is effectively unanchored, but foo* must match from the path root and only hits root-level files. On /nix/store, where every path starts with a hash dir, libc.so* matches nothing.

Fix

New unanchor_glob turns slash-less patterns that don't start with * into **/pattern before compile/match. Patterns with /, a leading *, or { stay as they are. { is excluded so {src,lib} dir alternatives in grep mode keep working. This also changes the public FilePicker::glob() API, because it goes through apply_constraints. @dmtrKovalenko, check that this is fine for C/Python glob callers.

Steps to reproduce

On origin/main, add this to the tests mod in crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs:

#[test]
fn repro_901() {
    let a = ArenaPtr::null();
    let items = vec![
        TestItem { relative_path: "hash-glibc/lib/libc.so.6", file_name: "libc.so.6" },
        TestItem { relative_path: "libc.so.1", file_name: "libc.so.1" },
    ];
    for pat in ["libc.so*", "**/libc.so*", "*libc.so*"] {
        let r: Vec<&str> = apply_constraints(&items, &[Constraint::Glob(pat)], a, a)
            .unwrap_or_default().iter().map(|i| i.relative_path).collect();
        eprintln!("{pat:>12} -> {r:?}");
    }
}
cargo test -p fff-search --lib repro_901 -- --nocapture

Actual on main:

    libc.so* -> ["libc.so.1"]
 **/libc.so* -> ["hash-glibc/lib/libc.so.6", "libc.so.1"]
   *libc.so* -> ["hash-glibc/lib/libc.so.6", "libc.so.1"]

Expected: libc.so* returns both, same as **/libc.so*. MCP equivalent: find_files "libc.so*" on a deep tree returns 0 results.

How verified

  • New test test_slash_less_glob_matches_basename covers the prepass path, the inline path and Not(Glob). It fails with the fix disabled (left: ["libc.so.1"]) and passes with the fix.
  • make test-rust: all pass. make lint-rust: clean.
  • Perf on 500k Chromium paths (match_glob_pattern, release, avg of 5 runs): main* 16.9ms, **/main* 19.0ms, *main* 18.3ms. Same cost as the existing leading-* globs.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Slash-less glob patterns now match basenames in nested paths, including in both batched and inline matching. Patterns beginning with *, containing /, or containing braces retain their existing behavior.

Slash-less glob tokens without a leading * were matched against the
full relative path, so foo* only hit root-level files. Prefix them
with **/ before compiling.

Closes #901

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Eligible slash-less glob patterns now match basenames in nested paths. The change applies to both prepass matching and inline compilation.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Normalize and match glob patterns
crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs
Patterns that do not begin with * and contain neither / nor { are prefixed with **/. The prepass and inline compilation both use this normalization. Tests cover nested and root paths, negated matches, and the unchanged src/* pattern.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: dmtrkovalenko

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Windows users may see nested files match a glob intended for a root-level path. This is a narrow compatibility issue to fix or explicitly accept before merging.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs: Imports Cow for the glob-pattern normalization helper.
  • observed — Modified behavior in crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs: The prepass now normalizes each glob with unanchor_glob before matching, enabling basename matching for eligible slash-less patterns.
  • observed — Modified behavior in crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs: Inline glob compilation now normalizes each pattern with unanchor_glob, matching the prepass behavior.
  • observed — Modified behavior in crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs: Adds unanchor_glob: patterns beginning with *, containing /, or containing { are borrowed unchanged; all other patterns are owned as **/{pattern}.

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  • inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for crates: blast_radius_2; direct_dependents_2
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- Line 519: Update the glob anchoring condition in the constraints logic to
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/// Leading `*` already crosses `/`; braces stay anchored for `{src,lib}` dir alternatives.
fn unanchor_glob(pattern: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
let b = pattern.as_bytes();
if b.first() == Some(&b'*') || b.contains(&b'/') || b.contains(&b'{') {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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In **globset 0.4.18**, `GlobBuilder::backslash_escape` is **disabled by default on Windows**. The docs say it defaults off on platforms where `\` is a path separator, and enabling it makes `\` an escape character rather than a path separator. ([docs.rs](https://docs.rs/globset/0.4.18/globset/struct.GlobBuilder.html))

So on Windows, leave it disabled if you want backslashes treated as path separators; enable it explicitly if you want backslash escaping in glob patterns.

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- 1: https://docs.rs/globset/0.4.18/globset/struct.GlobBuilder.html

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The documented `GlobBuilder` defaults are:

- Case-insensitive matching: **off**
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Keep Windows path globs anchored.

On Windows, globset::Glob::new treats \ as a path separator, not an escape. The /-only check prefixes src\*.rs with **/, so it can match both src/file.rs and nested/src/file.rs. Keep this check specific to the Windows globset backend, and test both paths.

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-    if b.first() == Some(&b'*') || b.contains(&b'/') || b.contains(&b'{') {
+    if b.first() == Some(&b'*')
+        || b.contains(&b'/')
+        || b.contains(&b'{')
+        || (cfg!(all(windows, not(feature = "zlob"))) &amp;&amp; b.contains(&amp;b'\\'))
+    {
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if b.first() == Some(&b'*') || b.contains(&b'/') || b.contains(&b'{') {
if b.first() == Some(&b'*')
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Review comment at @crates/fff-core/src/index/constraints.rs at line 519:
Update the glob anchoring condition in the constraints logic to recognize
backslashes as path separators only for the Windows globset backend, excluding
the zlob feature. Add coverage verifying that a Windows pattern such as
`src\*.rs` matches `src/file.rs` but not `nested/src/file.rs`.

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[Bug]: Bare wildcard globs (foo*) are anchored to relative-path root, unlike *.ext

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