Issue - 413 Support for wildcard in paths options

.reek.yml

@@ -92,9 +92,11 @@ detectors:
   DuplicateMethodCall:
     exclude:
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::Churn#run
+    - RubyCritic::Configuration#set
     - Parser::AST::Node#module_name
   TooManyStatements:
     exclude:
+    - RubyCritic::Configuration#find_directories
     - RubyCritic::RakeTask#initialize
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::Complexity#run
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::Coverage#synchronize_resultset
@@ -118,15 +120,18 @@ detectors:
     - RubyCritic::ViewHelpers#smell_location_path
     - RubyCritic::Generator::HtmlReport#create_directories_and_files
     - RubyCritic::SourceLocator#deduplicate_symlinks
+    - RubyCritic::Configuration#setup_paths_for_targets
   NestedIterators:
     exclude:
     - Parser::AST::Node#recursive_children
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::FlaySmells#run
     - RubyCritic::Cli::Options::Argv#parse
     - RubyCritic::Generator::HtmlReport#create_directories_and_files
     - RubyCritic::AnalysedModulesCollection#initialize
+    - RubyCritic::Configuration#find_directories
   UtilityFunction:
     exclude:
+    - RubyCritic::Configuration#find_directories
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::Coverage#resultset_path
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::Coverage#resultset_writelock
     - RubyCritic::Analyser::FlaySmells#cost

.rubocop.yml

@@ -85,3 +85,11 @@ Lint/StructNewOverride:
 Metrics/AbcSize:
   Exclude:
     - 'lib/rubycritic/configuration.rb'
+
+Metrics/MethodLength:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/rubycritic/configuration.rb'
+
+Style/RedundantAssignment:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/rubycritic/configuration.rb'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # main [(unreleased)](https://github.com/whitesmith/rubycritic/compare/v4.9.0...main)
 
+* [CHANGE] Add support for wildcard entries to the paths option in rubycritic.yml (by [@rishiain][])
+
 # v4.9.0 / 2023-10-18 [(commits)](https://github.com/whitesmith/rubycritic/compare/v4.8.1...v4.9.0)
 
 * [CHANGE] Bump aruba, cucumber, fakefs, flog, mdl, minitest, and rubocop dependencies (by [@faisal][])

lib/rubycritic/configuration.rb

@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ def set(options)
       self.open_with = options[:open_with]
       self.no_browser = options[:no_browser]
       self.threshold_score = options[:threshold_score].to_i
+      setup_paths_for_targets(options) if options[:paths]
       setup_analysis_targets(options)
       setup_version_control(options)
       setup_formats(options)
     end
 
+    def setup_paths_for_targets(options)
+      options[:paths] = find_directories(options[:paths])
+    end
+
     def setup_analysis_targets(options)
       self.paths = options[:paths] || ['.']
       self.ruby_extensions = options[:ruby_extensions] || %w[.rb .rake .thor]
@@ -50,6 +55,20 @@ def source_control_present?
       source_control_system &&
         !source_control_system.is_a?(SourceControlSystem::Double)
     end
+
+    private
+
+    def find_directories(paths)
+      expanded_paths = paths.flat_map do |path|
+        if path.include?('**')
+          search_pattern = File.join(path)
+          Dir.glob(search_pattern).select { |tmp_path| File.directory?(tmp_path) && !tmp_path.start_with?('tmp') }
+        else
+          path
+        end
+      end
+      expanded_paths
+    end
   end
 
   module Config