Note that glob patterns can only contain forward-slashes, not backward-slashes, so if you want to construct a glob pattern from path components, you need to use `path.posix.join()` instead of `path.join()`.
See supported `minimatch` [patterns](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch#usage).
#### options
Type: `object`
See the [`fast-glob` options](https://github.com/mrmlnc/fast-glob#options-3) in addition to the ones below.
##### expandDirectories
Type: `boolean | string[] | object`\
Default: `true`
If set to `true`, `globby` will automatically glob directories for you. If you define an `Array` it will only glob files that matches the patterns inside the `Array`. You can also define an `object` with `files` and `extensions` like below:
Respect ignore patterns in `.gitignore` files that apply to the globbed files.
### globby.sync(patterns, options?)
Returns `string[]` of matching paths.
### globby.stream(patterns, options?)
Returns a [`stream.Readable`](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_readable_streams) of matching paths.
Since Node.js 10, [readable streams are iterable](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_readable_symbol_asynciterator), so you can loop over glob matches in a [`for await...of` loop](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/for-await...of) like this:
```js
const globby = require('globby');
(async () => {
for await (const path of globby.stream('*.tmp')) {
console.log(path);
}
})();
```
### globby.generateGlobTasks(patterns, options?)
Returns an `object[]` in the format `{pattern: string, options: Object}`, which can be passed as arguments to [`fast-glob`](https://github.com/mrmlnc/fast-glob). This is useful for other globbing-related packages.
Note that you should avoid running the same tasks multiple times as they contain a file system cache. Instead, run this method each time to ensure file system changes are taken into consideration.
Takes `cwd?: string` and `ignore?: string[]` as options. `.gitignore` files matched by the ignore config are not used for the resulting filter function.
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