From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-08-24T22:05:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Rake FileList not working?

T. Onoma wrote:
> In my Rakefile (given in earlier post):
> 
>   PKG_FILES = FileList[
>     "lib/**/*", 
>     "test/**/*",
>     "examples/**/*",
>     "doc/**/*",
>     "[A-Z]*",
>     "install.rb",
>     "Rakefile"
>   ].exclude(/\bCVS\b|~$/)
>   p PKG_FILES.class
> 
>   # => NilClass
> 
> Huh?

(1) Remove the exclude call. You don't need it.  FileLists are smart 
enough to automatically exclude CVS directories and backup files.

(2) If you do need exclude, put it in a separate step.  E.g.

   PKG_FILES = FileList['blah*.rb']
   PKG_FILES.exclude(/.*test.rb/)

Exclude must not be returning the filelist.  That is a bug.  I'll fix it 
in the next release.

Thanks for the heads up.

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