Glob Pattern Examples and Notes

| `[abc]` | Matches any one character in the brackets | | `[a-z]` | Matches any of a range of characters (ordered by Unicode) | | `[!...]` | The negation of `[...]` (matches a character not in the brackets) | Notes: 1. Shell-style brace-expansions like `{a,b,c}` are not supported. 2. To match a literal `-` character inside brackets it must come first `[-abc]` or last `[abc-]`. 3. To match the literal `[` character use `[[]` or put it as the first character in the group `[[abc]`. 4. To match the literal `]` character use `[]]` or put it as the last character in the group `[abc]]`. ## Examples ### Matching file extensions If you wanted to only search Markdown files add `*.md` to the "Include" search field. ### Case insensitive matching Globs in Zed are case-sensitive, so `*.c` will not match `main.C` (even on case-insensitive filesystems like HFS+/APFS on MacOS). Instead use brackets to match characters. So instead of `*.c` use `*.[cC]`. ### Matching directories If you wanted to search the [zed repository](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed) for examples of [Configuring Language Servers](https://zed.dev/docs/configuring-languages#configuring-language-servers) (under `"lsp"` in Zed settings.json) you could search for `"lsp"` and in the "Include" filter specify `docs/**/*.md`. This would only match files whose path was under the `docs` directory or any nested subdirectories `**/` of that folder with a filename that ends in `.md`. If instead you wanted to restrict yourself only to [Zed Language-Specific Documentation](https://zed.dev/docs/languages) pages you could define a narrower pattern of: `docs/src/languages/*.md` this would match [`docs/src/languages/rust.md`](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/docs/src/languages/rust.md) and [`docs/src/languages/cpp.md`](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/docs/src/languages/cpp.md) but not [`docs/src/configuring-languages.md`](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/docs/src/configuring-languages.md).

This section provides examples and notes on using glob patterns in Zed. It explains how to match characters within brackets, including negation. It also notes that shell-style brace-expansions are not supported and how to match literal '-' , '[' and ']' characters. Examples demonstrate how to use globs for matching file extensions, performing case-insensitive matching, and searching within specific directories and subdirectories. The section highlights the case-sensitivity of globs in Zed and provides workarounds for case-insensitive matching.