Support ZSH Parameter | Wildcard Expansion
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Description
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Describe the solution you'd like?
The `setopt GLOB_SUBST` command is used in the Zsh shell to enable the globbing feature for parameter expansion.
Globbing is a feature that allows you to use wildcard patterns (also known as globs) to match filenames or other strings. When `GLOB_SUBST` is enabled, Zsh will perform globbing on the result of parameter expansion.
Here's an example to illustrate its usage:
setopt GLOB_SUBST
files=(file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt)
echo ${files[@]:s/.txt/.csv}
In this example, the `GLOB_SUBST` option is enabled, and the `${files[@]:s/.txt/.csv}` expression performs parameter expansion on the `files` array. The `s/.txt/.csv` part is a substitution pattern that replaces the `.txt` extension with `.csv` for each element in the array. With `GLOB_SUBST` enabled, Zsh will perform globbing on the result, so the output will be `file1.csv file2.csv file3.csv`.
Note that `setopt GLOB_SUBST` is specific to Zsh and may not be available in other shells like Bash or Fish.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
`setopt GLOB_SUBST` in the `~/.zshrc` file doesn't work in Warp and produces an error message "warp_bootstrapped:10: bad pattern: [[" on every new session.
Additional context
Docs: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Expansion.html#Parameter-Expansion
Discord discussion: https://discord.com/channels/851854972600451112/1146858061294731304/1146876535123484723
How important is this feature to you?
3
Warp Internal (ignore) - linear-label:770f6576-d6c0-4e4f-a259-fc64b5156087
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No repository files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the linked Zsh parameter-expansion documentation and reproducing the command in Warp; done means setopt GLOB_SUBST no longer produces the reported bad-pattern error and wildcard expansion behaves as described.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- zsh
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100