diff --git a/src/Glob.elm b/src/Glob.elm
index f7c9cfdc..689a5432 100644
--- a/src/Glob.elm
+++ b/src/Glob.elm
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ type Glob a
     = Glob String (List String -> a)
 
 
+type NewGlob a
+    = NewGlob String (List String -> ( a, List String ))
+
+
 type GlobMatcher a
     = GlobMatcher String (CaptureToValue a)
 
@@ -16,11 +20,57 @@ type CaptureToValue a
     | Dynamic (String -> a)
 
 
+map : (a -> b) -> NewGlob a -> NewGlob b
+map mapFn (NewGlob pattern applyCapture) =
+    NewGlob pattern
+        (\captures ->
+            captures
+                |> applyCapture
+                |> Tuple.mapFirst mapFn
+        )
+
+
 succeed : constructor -> Glob constructor
 succeed constructor =
     Glob "" (\captures -> constructor)
 
 
+succeed2 : constructor -> NewGlob constructor
+succeed2 constructor =
+    NewGlob "" (\captures -> ( constructor, captures ))
+
+
+star2 : NewGlob String
+star2 =
+    NewGlob "*"
+        (\captures ->
+            case captures of
+                first :: rest ->
+                    ( first, rest )
+
+                --applyCapture rest (toValueFn first)
+                [] ->
+                    ( "ERROR", [] )
+         --applyCapture [] (toValueFn "ERROR")
+        )
+
+
+literal2 : String -> NewGlob String
+literal2 string =
+    NewGlob string (\captures -> ( string, captures ))
+
+
+runNew : List String -> NewGlob a -> { match : a, pattern : String }
+runNew captures (NewGlob pattern applyCapture) =
+    { match =
+        captures
+            |> List.reverse
+            |> applyCapture
+            |> Tuple.first
+    , pattern = pattern
+    }
+
+
 run : List String -> Glob a -> { match : a, pattern : String }
 run captures (Glob pattern applyCapture) =
     { match =
@@ -65,6 +115,37 @@ popCapture toValueFn applyCapture =
                 applyCapture [] (toValueFn "ERROR")
 
 
+drop2 : NewGlob a -> NewGlob value -> NewGlob value
+drop2 (NewGlob matcherPattern apply1) (NewGlob pattern apply2) =
+    NewGlob
+        (pattern ++ matcherPattern)
+        apply2
+
+
+
+--keep : GlobMatcher a -> Glob (a -> value) -> Glob value
+
+
+keep2 : NewGlob a -> NewGlob (a -> value) -> NewGlob value
+keep2 (NewGlob matcherPattern apply1) (NewGlob pattern apply2) =
+    NewGlob
+        (pattern ++ matcherPattern)
+        (\captures ->
+            let
+                ( applied1, captured1 ) =
+                    captures
+                        |> apply1
+
+                ( applied2, captured2 ) =
+                    captured1
+                        |> apply2
+            in
+            ( applied1 |> applied2
+            , captured2
+            )
+        )
+
+
 drop : GlobMatcher a -> Glob value -> Glob value
 drop (GlobMatcher matcherPattern toValue) (Glob pattern applyCapture) =
     Glob
diff --git a/tests/GlobTests.elm b/tests/GlobTests.elm
index 457cf4c7..341f3eb3 100644
--- a/tests/GlobTests.elm
+++ b/tests/GlobTests.elm
@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@ all =
                             , expectedMatch = Just "ba"
                             , expectedPattern = "test/a*(a|b)/x.js"
                             }
+            , test "new star" <|
+                \() ->
+                    Glob.star2
+                        |> expect2
+                            { captures = [ "star-pattern" ]
+                            , expectedMatch = "star-pattern"
+                            , expectedPattern = "*"
+                            }
+            , test "new star with literal" <|
+                \() ->
+                    Glob.succeed2 Tuple.pair
+                        |> Glob.keep2 Glob.star2
+                        |> Glob.drop2 (Glob.literal2 "/")
+                        |> Glob.keep2 (Glob.star2 |> Glob.map String.toUpper)
+                        |> Glob.drop2 (Glob.literal2 ".txt")
+                        |> expect2
+                            { captures = [ "before-slash", "after-slash" ]
+                            , expectedMatch = ( "before-slash", "AFTER-SLASH" )
+                            , expectedPattern = "*/*.txt"
+                            }
             ]
 
 
@@ -104,3 +124,19 @@ expect { captures, expectedMatch, expectedPattern } glob =
             { pattern = expectedPattern
             , match = expectedMatch
             }
+
+
+expect2 :
+    { captures : List String
+    , expectedMatch : match
+    , expectedPattern : String
+    }
+    -> Glob.NewGlob match
+    -> Expect.Expectation
+expect2 { captures, expectedMatch, expectedPattern } glob =
+    glob
+        |> Glob.runNew captures
+        |> Expect.equal
+            { pattern = expectedPattern
+            , match = expectedMatch
+            }