`.editorconfig` glob for Dockerfile is wrong

[adrien-lsh]

Hello,

I realized that the wildcard for the Dockerfile doesn't work for the Dockerfile next to the .editorconfig file.

I am using neovim as an editor, but I don't think it changes something because bash doesn't find **/Dockerfile.

[adrienlsh@archlinux server]$ ls -l Dockerfile 
-rw-r--r-- 1 adrienlsh adrienlsh 5349 Mar 15 17:27 Dockerfile
[adrienlsh@archlinux server]$ ls -l **/Dockerfile 
ls: cannot access '**/Dockerfile': No such file or directory

[7-zete-7]

Hi @adrien-lsh!

.editorconfig uses a .gitignore-like glob, not a shell-like one.

See:

• Glob Expressions specification of EditorConfig
• .gitignore pattern format

You can check which files are affected by the .editorconfig rules using, for example, the editorconfig-checker utility. You can view the list of affected files and validate them with the following command:

docker run --rm --volume=$PWD:/check mstruebing/editorconfig-checker editorconfig-checker -verbose

Does the Dockerfile appear in your editorconfig-checker -verbose command output with the original glob?

[adrien-lsh]

Hey @7-zete-7

Thank you for the quick answer !

I've run the utility you've given me, and I can confirm that Dockerfile does appear and is validated without errors.

It is weird that neovim does not follow the same globbing pattern...
I can see the editor config on my Dockerfile next to the .editorconfig file as indent_style = space, and then when opening something like test/Dockerfile, the indent_style = tab rule is on.

Maybe I should write an issue in the neovim repository... it's too bad I haven't found anything on the subject :/

[adrien-lsh]

Hi, me again,

Is there a reason that the glob used starts with **/ ?
Shouldn't plain [{Dockerfile,Caddyfile,*.sh}] pattern match sibling files as well as those in sub-directories ?