remove combineDupes

index.js

@@ -738,11 +738,6 @@ micromatch.parse = function(pattern, options) {
     var snapdragon = utils.instantiate(null, options);
     parsers(snapdragon, options);
 
-    if (pattern.slice(0, 2) === './') {
-      pattern = pattern.slice(2);
-    }
-
-    pattern = utils.combineDuplicates(pattern, '\\*\\*\\/|\\/\\*\\*');
     var ast = snapdragon.parse(pattern, options);
     utils.define(ast, 'snapdragon', snapdragon);
     ast.input = pattern;

lib/utils.js

@@ -120,22 +120,19 @@ utils.isObject = function(val) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Combines duplicate characters in the provided string.
- * @param {String} `str`
- * @returns {String}
+ * Returns true if the given `str` has special characters
  */
 
-utils.combineDuplicates = function(str, val) {
-  var re = new RegExp('(' + val + ')(?=(?:' + val + ')*\\1)', 'g');
-  return str.replace(re, '');
+utils.hasSpecialChars = function(str) {
+  return /(?:(?:(^|\/)[!.])|[*?+()|\[\]{}]|[+@]\()/.test(str);
 };
 
 /**
- * Returns true if the given `str` has special characters
+ * Escape regex characters in the given string
  */
 
-utils.hasSpecialChars = function(str) {
-  return /(?:(?:(^|\/)[!.])|[*?+()|\[\]{}]|[+@]\()/.test(str);
+utils.escapeRegex = function(str) {
+  return str.replace(/[-[\]{}()^$|*+?.\\\/\s]/g, '\\$&');
 };
 
 /**