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 - 
 - # 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
 - 
 - <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 - [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
 - <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 - 
 - <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 - [expand-braces]: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-braces
 - [expand-brackets]: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-brackets
 - <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 
 
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