Method: Path#backfind

Defined in:
lib/path.rb

#backfind(path) ⇒ Object

Ascends the parents until it finds the given path.

Path.backfind('lib') # => the lib folder

It accepts an XPath-like context:

Path.backfind('.[.git]') # => the root of the repository



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# File 'lib/path.rb', line 110

def backfind(path)
  condition = path[/\[(.*)\]$/, 1] || ''
  path = $` unless condition.empty?

  result = ancestors.find { |ancestor| (ancestor/path/condition).exist? }
  result/path if result
end