slush-y/generators/application/templates/server/base/components/globber/index.js

A slush generator for Best Practices with AngularJS Fullstack applications.

var _ = require('lodash'),
    glob = require('glob');
module.exports = function(globPatterns, removeRoot) {
    // For context switching
    var _this = this;

    // URL paths regex
    var urlRegex = new RegExp('^(?:[a-z]+:)?//', 'i');

    // The output array
    var output = [];

    // If glob pattern is array so we use each pattern in a recursive way, otherwise we use glob
    if (_.isArray(globPatterns)) {
        globPatterns.forEach(function(globPattern) {
            output = _.union(output, _this.getGlobbedFiles(globPattern, removeRoot));
        });
    } else if (_.isString(globPatterns)) {
        if (urlRegex.test(globPatterns)) {
          output.push(globPatterns);
        } else {
            glob(globPatterns, {
                sync: true
            }, function(err, files) {
                if (removeRoot) {
                    files = files.map(function(file) {
                        return file.replace(removeRoot, '');
                    });
                }

                output = _.union(output, files);
            });
        }
    }

    return output;
};