update win32 glob escape regex

See mhinz#538 (comment)
Konfekt · Oct 12, 2022 · b696d18 · b696d18
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commit b696d18
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/autoload/startify.vim b/autoload/startify.vim
@@ -661,10 +661,12 @@ function! s:filter_oldfiles_unsafe(path_prefix, path_format, use_env) abort
 
     let fname = fnamemodify(fname, ":p")
     if exists('+shellslash') && !&shellslash
-      " win32
-      let fname = substitute(fname, '\([[\]*?]\)',   '\\[\1]', 'g')
+      " win32 paths can't contain '*' and '?' 
+      " though DOS device paths can contain '?', they need not be escaped
+      " see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/io/file-path-formats
+      let fname = substitute(fname, '\[',        '\[[]', 'g')    
     else
-      let fname = substitute(fname, '\([[\]*?\\]\)', '\\\1',   'g')
+      let fname = substitute(fname, '[[\]*?\\]', '\\\0', 'g')
     endif
     let absolute_path = glob(fname)