Method Load

lib/ignore/ignore.go:174–198

Load and parse a file. The returned error may be of type *ParseError in which case a file was loaded from disk but the patterns could not be parsed. In this case the contents of the file are nonetheless available in the Lines() method.

(file string)

// parsed. In this case the contents of the file are nonetheless available
// in the Lines() method.
func (m *Matcher) Load(file string) error {
	m.mut.Lock()
	defer m.mut.Unlock()

	if m.changeDetector.Seen(m.fs, file) && !m.changeDetector.Changed() {
		return nil
	}

	fd, info, err := loadIgnoreFile(m.fs, file)
	if err != nil {
		m.parseLocked(&bytes.Buffer{}, file)
		return err
	}
	defer fd.Close()

	m.changeDetector.Reset()

	err = m.parseLocked(fd, file)
	// If we failed to parse, don't cache, as next time Load is called
	// we'll pretend it's all good.
	if err == nil {
		m.changeDetector.Remember(m.fs, file, info.ModTime())
	}
	return err
}

// Load and parse an io.Reader. See Load() for notes on the returned error.
func (m *Matcher) Parse(r io.Reader, file string) error {