# glob-parent > Extract the non-magic parent path from a glob string. Latest version **6.0.2** (published 2021-09-29) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install glob-parent pnpm add glob-parent yarn add glob-parent bun add glob-parent ``` ## Health **Score 23/100 (F)** — status: abandoned. Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high quality score. Warnings: low downloads; no esm support. Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 6.0.2 | | Published | 2021-09-29 | | First published | 2015-01-12 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | ISC | | TypeScript types | separate (@types/glob-parent) | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >=10.13.0 | | Dependencies | 1 | | Unpacked size | 7.5 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 82 | | Author | Gulp Team | | Maintainers | phated, contra, es128, jonschlinkert, doowb | | Keywords | glob, parent, strip, path, dirname, directory, base, wildcard | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/glob-parent - Repository: https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent - Homepage: https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent#readme - Issues: https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/glob-parent ## Dependencies (1) - [is-glob](https://npm.io/package/is-glob.md) ^4.0.3 ## Alternatives - [base64url](https://npm.io/package/base64url.md) — 6.1M weekly downloads - [get-installed-path](https://npm.io/package/get-installed-path.md) — 502.9K weekly downloads - [@uppy/url](https://npm.io/package/@uppy/url.md) — 185.8K weekly downloads - [@d3fc/d3fc-shape](https://npm.io/package/@d3fc/d3fc-shape.md) — 16.2K weekly downloads - [localizer](https://npm.io/package/localizer.md) — 226 weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 6.0.2 (latest) — 2021-09-29 - 6.0.1 — 2021-07-20 - 6.0.0 — 2021-05-03 - 5.1.2 — 2021-03-06 - 5.1.1 — 2020-03-21 - 5.1.0 — 2019-09-21 - 5.0.0 — 2019-03-29 - 4.0.0 — 2019-03-27 - 3.1.0 — 2016-12-14 - 3.0.1 — 2016-10-18 - 3.0.0 — 2016-09-06 - 2.0.0 — 2015-09-18 - 1.3.0 — 2015-09-18 - 1.2.0 — 2015-03-04 - 1.1.0 — 2015-03-04 - … 1 more at https://npm.io/package/glob-parent/versions ## README

# glob-parent [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Downloads][downloads-image]][npm-url] [![Build Status][ci-image]][ci-url] [![Coveralls Status][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] Extract the non-magic parent path from a glob string. ## Usage ```js var globParent = require('glob-parent'); globParent('path/to/*.js'); // 'path/to' globParent('/root/path/to/*.js'); // '/root/path/to' globParent('/*.js'); // '/' globParent('*.js'); // '.' globParent('**/*.js'); // '.' globParent('path/{to,from}'); // 'path' globParent('path/!(to|from)'); // 'path' globParent('path/?(to|from)'); // 'path' globParent('path/+(to|from)'); // 'path' globParent('path/*(to|from)'); // 'path' globParent('path/@(to|from)'); // 'path' globParent('path/**/*'); // 'path' // if provided a non-glob path, returns the nearest dir globParent('path/foo/bar.js'); // 'path/foo' globParent('path/foo/'); // 'path/foo' globParent('path/foo'); // 'path' (see issue #3 for details) ``` ## API ### `globParent(maybeGlobString, [options])` Takes a string and returns the part of the path before the glob begins. Be aware of Escaping rules and Limitations below. #### options ```js { // Disables the automatic conversion of slashes for Windows flipBackslashes: true; } ``` ## Escaping The following characters have special significance in glob patterns and must be escaped if you want them to be treated as regular path characters: - `?` (question mark) unless used as a path segment alone - `*` (asterisk) - `|` (pipe) - `(` (opening parenthesis) - `)` (closing parenthesis) - `{` (opening curly brace) - `}` (closing curly brace) - `[` (opening bracket) - `]` (closing bracket) **Example** ```js globParent('foo/[bar]/'); // 'foo' globParent('foo/\\[bar]/'); // 'foo/[bar]' ``` ## Limitations ### Braces & Brackets This library attempts a quick and imperfect method of determining which path parts have glob magic without fully parsing/lexing the pattern. There are some advanced use cases that can trip it up, such as nested braces where the outer pair is escaped and the inner one contains a path separator. If you find yourself in the unlikely circumstance of being affected by this or need to ensure higher-fidelity glob handling in your library, it is recommended that you pre-process your input with [expand-braces] and/or [expand-brackets]. ### Windows Backslashes are not valid path separators for globs. If a path with backslashes is provided anyway, for simple cases, glob-parent will replace the path separator for you and return the non-glob parent path (now with forward-slashes, which are still valid as Windows path separators). This cannot be used in conjunction with escape characters. ```js // BAD globParent('C:\\Program Files \\(x86\\)\\*.ext'); // 'C:/Program Files /(x86/)' // GOOD globParent('C:/Program Files\\(x86\\)/*.ext'); // 'C:/Program Files (x86)' ``` If you are using escape characters for a pattern without path parts (i.e. relative to `cwd`), prefix with `./` to avoid confusing glob-parent. ```js // BAD globParent('foo \\[bar]'); // 'foo ' globParent('foo \\[bar]*'); // 'foo ' // GOOD globParent('./foo \\[bar]'); // 'foo [bar]' globParent('./foo \\[bar]*'); // '.' ``` ## License ISC [downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/glob-parent.svg?style=flat-square [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/glob-parent [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/glob-parent.svg?style=flat-square [ci-url]: https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/actions?query=workflow:dev [ci-image]: https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/gulpjs/glob-parent/dev?style=flat-square [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/gulpjs/glob-parent [coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/gulpjs/glob-parent/master.svg?style=flat-square [expand-braces]: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-braces [expand-brackets]: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-brackets --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/glob-parent · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._