Ignore pattern doesn't work outside working directory

[Palpie]

When using this:

del(['public/assets/**', '!public/assets', '!public/assets/goat.png'], {
    dryRun: true
}).then(paths => console.log('Files and folders that would be deleted:\n' + paths.join('\n')));

I get this result:

Files and folders that would be deleted:
D:\Test\public\assets\cat.png
D:\Test\public\assets\dog.png
D:\Test\public\assets\horse.png

If I move the same directory structure to outside my working directory and change the del code to:

del(['/build/test/assets/**', '!/build/test/assets', '!/build/test/assets/goat.png'], {
    force: true,
    dryRun: true
}).then(paths => console.log('Files and folders that would be deleted:\n' + paths.join('\n')));

I get this result:

Files and folders that would be deleted:
D:\build\test\assets
D:\build\test\assets\cat.png
D:\build\test\assets\dog.png
D:\build\test\assets\goat.png
D:\build\test\assets\horse.png

[schnittstabil]

@Palpie Thanks for reporting, that is a globbing issue (isaacs/node-glob#248).

[schnittstabil]

Using cwd may be a possible workaround:

del(['test/assets/**', '!test/assets', '!test/assets/goat.png'], {
    cwd: '/build',
    dryRun: true
}) // …

[Palpie]

It works fine with cwd and it actually made my real code look nicer!

Thanks!

[kevinmamaqi]

I am experiencing the same problem, but CWD does not work in my case/ I have the following code:

// delete task
gulp.task( 'delete', function() {
  return del([
      '../../../project/app/myfolder/**',
      '!../../../project/app/myfolder',
      '!../../../project/app/myfolder/json/**',
    ],
    {
      force: true,
    });
});

And also tried:

// delete task
gulp.task( 'delete', function() {
  return del([
      '/myfolder/**',
      '!/myfolder',
      '!/myfolder/json/**',
    ],
    {
      cwd: '../../../project/app',
      force: true,
    });
});

How can I make it wrong, is there a mistake in the code?

[Ch2x]

@kevinmamaqi I ran into the same problem,how did you solve it in the end

[kevinmamaqi]

@Ch2x I think a did a shell script at the end.