Some patterns for filenames do not support the full regular
expression syntax. They follow an easier writing form.
* matches any sequence of
characters which are not path separators (zero or
more) and ? matches any single
character which is not a path separator. Use a
trailing \ or /
character to distinguish folders from files. To specify
multiple name in the text field, separate them with a
semi-colon ';' character. Do not add any
whitespace around the separators in the pattern list. Only use
one trailing \ character at the very most per
pattern.
In addition, if the items that you want to filter are also
determined by their containing folder(s), you can use path
oriented patterns. Ellié Computing Merge will
automatically match the path relative to the root folders of
your comparison or browser against the pattern when it finds at
least one \ or / in a
pattern (at start or in the middle). Ellié Computing Merge
supports a specific notation /// or
\\\ (triple slash or triple anti-slash)
which means 'at start or any number of complete path steps'.
Note that Ellié Computing Merge does not keep a leading
path separator for relative paths, so that "/usr/local/bin"
with "/usr" as root directory for a comparison leas to
"local/bin" only.
Example
Description
bar
Matches files or folders with namebar.
foo*
Matches files or folders with name starting with
foo.
bar*\
Matches folders with name starting with
foo.
foo?bar
Matches files or folders with name starting with
foo, then containing any single character, and
ending withbar.
*.obj;*.pch;*.pdb
Matches files or folders with name ending with
.obj, .pch or .pdb.
///debug/*.lib
Matches all .lib files directly inside a debug
directory (but not all those outside, e.g. those in
release directories)
trunk///*~
Matches all ~ files which are under trunk directory
(trunk is matched only at top level)
