File glob specification
File globs are used throughout Turborepo for configuring which files to include or exclude in various contexts, allowing you to specifically define the files you want turbo to use.
Glob patterns
| Pattern | Description |
|---|---|
* | Match all files in the directory |
** | Recursively match all files and sub-directories |
some-dir/ | Match the some-dir directory and its contents |
some-dir | Match a file named some-dir or a some-dir directory and its contents |
some-dir* | Match files and directories that start with some-dir, including contents when matching a directory |
*.js | Match all .js files in the directory |
! | Negate the whole glob (automatically applies /** to the end of the defined glob) |
Examples
| Pattern | Description |
|---|---|
dist/** | Match all files in the dist directory, its contents, and all sub-directories |
dist/ | Match the dist directory and its contents |
dist | Match a file named dist or a dist directory, its contents, and all sub-directories |
dist/some-dir/** | Match all files in the dist/some-dir directory and all sub-directories in the current directory |
!dist | Ignore the dist directory and all of its contents |
dist* | Match files and directories that start with dist |
dist/*.js | Match all .js files in the dist directory |
!dist/*.js | Ignore all .js files in the dist directory |
dist/**/*.js | Recursively match all .js files in the dist directory and its sub-directories |
../scripts/** | Up one directory, match all files and sub-directories in the scripts directory |
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