feat: env var __MINIMATCH_NO_FASTTEST__=1 disables fastTest #227
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Permutation of RegEx object can cause compatibility issues in locked down environments.
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Closing in favor of #228 (as that solves our problem without need of environment variables) |
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The optimized fastTests for common patterns work by overwriting the
testproperty on aRegExpinstance. This can cause issues in some locked down runtime environments or trip up static analysis tools.This proposes allowing short-circuiting and disable the optimizations by setting environment variable
__MINIMATCH_NO_FASTTEST__(open for naming suggestions) to1.I opted for an environment variable rather than an API change because this is more likely to be relevant for end software operators rather than authors of depending software. Might also be useful for debugging minimatch itself (#215).