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📝 Docs: Incorrectly states the shell does glob expansion for double-quoted path specifications #4868

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binki opened this issue Apr 11, 2022 · 0 comments · Fixed by #4869
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📝 Docs: Incorrectly states the shell does glob expansion for double-quoted path specifications #4868

binki opened this issue Apr 11, 2022 · 0 comments · Fixed by #4869
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area: documentation anything involving docs or mochajs.org status: accepting prs Mocha can use your help with this one! type: bug a defect, confirmed by a maintainer

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binki commented Apr 11, 2022

A POSIX-like shell does not do glob expansion for double quoted strings. It does parameter expansion, which, while a form of expansion, does not really have much effect on glob expansion.

The documentation should be corrected.
binki added a commit to binki/mocha that referenced this issue Apr 11, 2022
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Fix documentation concerning glob expansion on UNIX.
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Fixes mochajs#4868.
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@juergba juergba added type: bug a defect, confirmed by a maintainer area: documentation anything involving docs or mochajs.org labels Apr 15, 2022
@JoshuaKGoldberg JoshuaKGoldberg changed the title docs state that the shell does glob expansion for double-quoted path specifications 📝 Docs: Incorrectly states the shell does glob expansion for double-quoted path specifications Dec 27, 2023
@JoshuaKGoldberg JoshuaKGoldberg added the status: accepting prs Mocha can use your help with this one! label Dec 27, 2023
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