From 9a2995bb4d8c30c15a74a68e440782e7cc2404d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 11:09:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow star to match zero characters

POSIX `*` matches any sequence including the empty one, so for example
"*.txt" failed to match ".txt" and "*" failed to match "".
---
 src/glob.ml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/glob.ml b/src/glob.ml
index 17539a3..3eb6326 100644
--- a/src/glob.ml
+++ b/src/glob.ml
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ let matches ?options glob path =
           | Some l -> l - i
           | None -> rest_len
         in
+        (* Star may consume 0..break_len characters: try each length in
+           order and let the suffix decide. *)
         let rec backtrack j =
-          if j >= break_len then None
-          else
-            begin if matches (i + j + 1) path rest then Some j
-            else backtrack (j + 1)
-            end
+          if matches (i + j) path rest then Some j
+          else if j >= break_len then None
+          else backtrack (j + 1)
         in
         Option.is_some (backtrack 0)
     | Question :: rest ->
-- 
2.51.2