Support folders in file patterns

[jdbancal]

Currently it seems that the option -cover_exclude only supports file patterns. This means that it is not possible to exclude a single file in a subfolder, say a/function1.m. if a file with the same name is also present in another subfolder, say a/b/c/function1.m. Indeed, the pattern function1.m would match both.

Would it be possible to support exclude filters which match the full path, such as a/function1.m? Meaning that this would only match. Maybe, a simple way to do this could be to treat patterns slightly differently if they contain the / chararcter : currently a pattern like a/function1.m of ./function1.m will never match anything, right?

[nno]

@jdbancal I think this is possible. I wonder if it would make sense to support something similar as rsync patterns, so that more complex patterns also involving directory names (maybe even including **) can be used.

For example, a utility function mocov_filename_matches_pattern could be added that compares whether a filename matches one or more patterns.

Before considering such an extensions: do you think this approach could work for your use case?

[jdbancal]

Oh, rsync patterns would be amazing!