Note that glob patterns can only contain forward-slashes, not backward-slashes, so if you want to construct a glob pattern from path components, you need to use `path.posix.join()` instead of `path.join()`.
### globby(patterns, options?)
Returns a `Promise<string[]>` of matching paths.
#### patterns
Type: `string | string[]`
See supported `minimatch` [patterns](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch#usage).
#### options
Type: `object`
See the [`fast-glob` options](https://github.com/mrmlnc/fast-glob#options-3) in addition to the ones below.
##### expandDirectories
Type: `boolean | string[] | object`\
Default: `true`
If set to `true`, `globby` will automatically glob directories for you. If you define an `Array` it will only glob files that matches the patterns inside the `Array`. You can also define an `object` with `files` and `extensions` like below:
Glob patterns to look for ignore files, which are then used to ignore globbed files.
This is a more generic form of the `gitignore` option, allowing you to find ignore files with a [compatible syntax](http://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore). For instance, this works with Babel's `.babelignore`, Prettier's `.prettierignore`, or ESLint's `.eslintignore` files.
Returns a [`stream.Readable`](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_readable_streams) of matching paths.
Since Node.js 10, [readable streams are iterable](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_readable_symbol_asynciterator), so you can loop over glob matches in a [`for await...of` loop](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/for-await...of) like this:
Returns an `Promise<object[]>` in the format `{patterns: string[], options: Object}`, which can be passed as arguments to [`fast-glob`](https://github.com/mrmlnc/fast-glob). This is useful for other globbing-related packages.
Note that you should avoid running the same tasks multiple times as they contain a file system cache. Instead, run this method each time to ensure file system changes are taken into consideration.
Returns an `object[]` in the format `{patterns: string[], options: Object}`, which can be passed as arguments to [`fast-glob`](https://github.com/mrmlnc/fast-glob). This is useful for other globbing-related packages.
-`*` matches any number of characters, but not `/`
-`?` matches a single character, but not `/`
-`**` matches any number of characters, including `/`, as long as it's the only thing in a path part
-`{}` allows for a comma-separated list of "or" expressions
-`!` at the beginning of a pattern will negate the match
[Various patterns and expected matches.](https://github.com/sindresorhus/multimatch/blob/main/test/test.js)
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## Related
- [multimatch](https://github.com/sindresorhus/multimatch) - Match against a list instead of the filesystem