Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Right now this is all dead code, but I wonder if instead we should be
> partially reverting commit 70a8fc999d ("stop using fnmatch (either
> native or compat)", 2014-02-15) by Duy to the extent of being able to
> extend t/helper/test-wildmatch.c to test fnmatch() as well.
>
> We wouldn't be using fnmatch(), but I think it's a probably a good
> idea for the tests to support a mode where we have to declare
> explicitly whether something should also match under fnmatch or not,
> so we document the differences.
I am on the fence and can go either way. What you suggest is
intellectually intriguing even though I am unsure of its practical
value.