Chokidar or Anymatch for glob patterns?

[zanona]

Issue details

The documentation states that for the files attribute under browsersync options, that I can use patterns following Anymatch api.

Browsersync can watch your files as you work. Changes you make will either be injected into the page (CSS & images) or will cause all browsers to do a full-page refresh. See anymatch for more information on glob patterns.

However when using functions or anything that is not a string within files[n].match, I get an error:

/Users/zanona/Developer/libs/bs-less/node_modules/chokidar/index.js:553
throw new TypeError('Non-string provided as watch path: ' + paths);

Steps to reproduce/test case

browsersync.init({
files: [                                                                
    {
        options: { ignoreInitial: false },
        match: [
            function (p) {
                return !/bower_components|node_modules/.test(p);
            },
            serverPath + '**.html'
        ],
        fn: onHTMLChange
    }
]
});

Please specify which version of Browsersync, node and npm you're running

• Browsersync [ 2.12.8]
• Node [5.7.1]
• Npm [3.6.0]

Affected platforms

• linux
• windows
• OS X
• freebsd
• solaris
• other (please specify which)

Browsersync use-case

• API
• Gulp
• Grunt
• CLI

[shakyShane]

match does not accept a function like this I'm afraid.

To exclude directories though, do the following.

browsersync.init({
    files: [
        {
            options: {
                ignoreInitial: false,
                ignored: [
                    /bower_components|node_modules/
                ]
            },
            match: [serverPath + '**.html'],
            fn: onHTMLChange
        }
    ]
});

[zanona]

@shakyShane Thanks I figured that along the way. But then is it a bug on the documentation, because anymatch accept this kind of pattern? I got a bit confused that it mentions anymatch at all instead chokidar?

[shakyShane]

Removed from https://www.browsersync.io/docs/options