fixes #70

lib/expand.js

@@ -138,13 +138,6 @@ function expand(pattern, options) {
     glob.pattern = globstar(opts.dot);
 
   } else {
-    // '/*/*/*' => '(?:/*){3}'
-    glob._replace(/(\/\*)+/g, function(match) {
-      var len = match.length / 2;
-      if (len === 1) { return match; }
-      return '(?:\\/*){' + len + '}';
-    });
-
     glob.pattern = balance(glob.pattern, '[', ']');
     glob.escape(glob.pattern);
 

test/micromatch.js

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var path = require('path');
 require('should');
+var path = require('path');
+var assert = require('assert');
 var argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
 var mm = require('..');
 
@@ -111,6 +112,28 @@ describe('micromatch array patterns', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('directories:', function() {
+    it('should match a single directory deep:', function() {
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(['a/b/c/d/e', 'a/b/c/d', 'a/b/c', 'a/b', 'a'], ['*']), ['a']);
+    });
+
+    it('should match a directory for each `*/`', function() {
+      var fixture = ['a/b/c/d/e', 'a/b/c/d', 'a/b/c', 'a/b', 'a'];
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*']), ['a/b']);
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/*']), ['a/b/c']);
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/*/*']), ['a/b/c/d']);
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/*/*/*']), ['a/b/c/d/e']);
+    });
+
+    it('should match no less than the numbe of `*/` patterns when a globstar is passed', function() {
+      var fixture = ['a/b/c/d/e', 'a/b/c/d', 'a/b/c', 'a/b', 'a'];
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/**']), ['a/b/c/d/e', 'a/b/c/d', 'a/b/c']);
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/*/**']), ['a/b/c/d/e', 'a/b/c/d']);
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/*/*/**']), ['a/b/c/d/e']);
+      assert.deepEqual(mm(fixture, ['*/*/*/*/*/**']), []);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('double stars:', function() {
     it('should match path segments:', function() {
       mm(['.gitignore'], ['a/**/z/*.md']).should.eql([]);