Error using Regex with Unison

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Using unison for synchronization on mac, I would like to ignore files such as .DS_store in each directory. In my profile file, I put, as described in section "Ignored path" of the page.

ignore = Regex *.DS_Store
ignore = Regex *\.DS_Store
ignore = Regex "*.DS_Store"

but either it didn't work or I have the error: line 33: Malformed pattern "Regex *.DS_Store".

Because you used wildcard syntax, but Regex requires a regex. — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Sep 05 '16 at 22:33
To clarify: you are using the * like a wildcard glob instead of as the regular expression Kleene star which must have a preceding character. This should work: .*.DS_Store — cristoper, Nov 02 '16 at 23:49

Mike Pierce · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-05T16:20:43.970

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You don't need to use regex for this; the standard globbing patterns that Unison uses for all pattern matching without the Regex command will do just fine.

ignore = Name *.DS_Store

edited Sep 05 '16 at 16:20

answered Sep 05 '16 at 14:45

Mike Pierce

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Error using Regex with Unison

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