Ruleset: improve include/exclude patterns#860
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`include-pattern` and `exclude-pattern` directives are a special flavour of regular expressions. From the documentation: > Important > > The ignore patterns are treated as regular expressions. If you do specify a regular expression, be aware that `*` is converted to `.*` for convenience in simple patterns, like those used in the example above. So use `*` anywhere you would normally use `.*`. Also ensure you escape any `.` characters that you want treated as a literal dot, such as when checking file extensions. So if you are checking for `.inc` in your ignore pattern, use `\.inc` instead. This commit fixes unescaped characters which have special meaning in regular expressions to ensure they are interpreted as literals. Ref: https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Advanced-Usage#ignoring-files-and-folders
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include-patternandexclude-patterndirectives are a special flavour of regular expressions.From the documentation:
This commit fixes unescaped characters which have special meaning in regular expressions to ensure they are interpreted as literals.
Ref: https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Advanced-Usage#ignoring-files-and-folders