feat(args): accept glob patterns for --commit-path argument

Cargo.lock

@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "config",
  "git-conventional",
  "git2",
+ "glob",
  "indexmap",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "regex",
@@ -393,6 +394,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "globset"
 version = "0.4.8"

README.md

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ git cliff HEAD~2..
 Generate a changelog scoped to a specific directory (useful for monorepos):
 
 ```sh
-git cliff --commit-path project1/
+git cliff --commit-path '**/*.toml'
 ```
 
 Sort the commits inside sections:

git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ regex = "1.5.4"
 serde_regex = "1.1.0"
 indexmap = "1.7.0"
 toml = "0.5.8"
+glob = "0.3.0"
 
 [dependencies.git2]
 version = "0.13.23"

git-cliff-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 //! A highly customizable changelog generator
 #![warn(missing_docs, clippy::unwrap_used)]
 
-/// Export regex crate.
+/// Export `glob` crate.
+pub use glob;
+/// Export `regex` crate.
 pub use regex;
+
 /// Git commit.
 pub mod commit;
 /// Config file parser.

git-cliff-core/src/repo.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use git2::{
 	Repository as GitRepository,
 	Sort,
 };
+use glob::Pattern;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ impl Repository {
 	pub fn commits(
 		&self,
 		range: Option<String>,
-		path: Option<String>,
+		path: Option<Pattern>,
 	) -> Result<Vec<Commit>> {
 		let mut revwalk = self.inner.revwalk()?;
 		revwalk.set_sorting(Sort::TIME | Sort::TOPOLOGICAL)?;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ impl Repository {
 						) {
 							return diff.deltas().any(|delta| {
 								delta.new_file().path().map_or(false, |path| {
-									path.starts_with(&commit_path)
+									commit_path.matches_path(path)
 								})
 							});
 						}

git-cliff/src/args.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use git_cliff_core::glob::Pattern;
 use git_cliff_core::DEFAULT_CONFIG;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use structopt::clap::AppSettings;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ pub struct Opt {
 	pub repository:  Option<PathBuf>,
 	/// Sets the directory to parse commits from.
 	#[structopt(long, env, value_name = "PATH")]
-	pub commit_path: Option<String>,
+	pub commit_path: Option<Pattern>,
 	/// Prepends entries to the given changelog file.
 	#[structopt(short, long, env, value_name = "PATH")]
 	pub prepend:     Option<PathBuf>,