refactor: move workflowpattern into modules/actions (#37717)

`act/workflowpattern` in runner is only consumed by Gitea and dead code
there. Move it to this repo. Use `modules/glob` for glob pattern match.

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude (Opus 4.7) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>

modules/actions/workflowpattern/workflow_pattern.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package workflowpattern
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/glob"
+)
+
+type WorkflowPattern struct {
+	negative bool
+	glob     glob.Glob
+}
+
+func CompilePatterns(patterns ...string) ([]*WorkflowPattern, error) {
+	ret := make([]*WorkflowPattern, 0, len(patterns))
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		cp, err := glob.CompileWorkflow(pattern)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ret = append(ret, &WorkflowPattern{glob: cp, negative: strings.HasPrefix(pattern, "!")})
+	}
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+// Skip returns true if the workflow should be skipped per paths/branches semantics.
+func Skip(sequence []*WorkflowPattern, input []string) bool {
+	allSkipped := true
+	for _, file := range input {
+		shouldSkip := true
+		for _, item := range sequence {
+			if item.negative {
+				// "!README.md" doesn't match "README.md", so "README.md" should be skipped
+				// "!README.md" matches "help.md" but it shouldn't affect "skip or not", because "help.md" might have been skipped by other rules like "docs/*.md"
+				if !item.glob.Match(file) {
+					shouldSkip = true
+				}
+			} else if item.glob.Match(file) {
+				// if "*.md" matches "help.md" so it shouldn't be skipped
+				shouldSkip = false
+			}
+		}
+		allSkipped = allSkipped && shouldSkip
+	}
+	return len(sequence) > 0 && allSkipped
+}
+
+// Filter returns true if the workflow should be skipped per paths-ignore/branches-ignore semantics.
+func Filter(sequence []*WorkflowPattern, input []string) bool {
+	for _, file := range input {
+		anyMatched := false
+		for _, item := range sequence {
+			if anyMatched = item.glob.Match(file); anyMatched {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !anyMatched {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return len(sequence) != 0
+}

modules/actions/workflowpattern/workflow_pattern_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package workflowpattern
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestMatchPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	kases := []struct {
+		inputs       []string
+		patterns     []string
+		skipResult   bool
+		filterResult bool
+	}{
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"path/with/slash"},
+			skipResult:   true,
+			filterResult: false,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"path/a", "path/b", "path/c"},
+			inputs:       []string{"meta", "path/b", "otherfile"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: false,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"path/a", "path/b", "path/c"},
+			inputs:       []string{"path/b"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"path/a", "path/b", "path/c"},
+			inputs:       []string{"path/c", "path/b"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"path/a", "path/b", "path/c"},
+			inputs:       []string{"path/c", "path/b", "path/a"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"path/a", "path/b", "path/c"},
+			inputs:       []string{"path/c", "path/b", "path/d", "path/a"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: false,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{},
+			inputs:       []string{},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: false,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"\\!file"},
+			inputs:       []string{"!file"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"escape\\\\backslash"},
+			inputs:       []string{"escape\\backslash"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{".yml"},
+			inputs:       []string{"fyml"},
+			skipResult:   true,
+			filterResult: false,
+		},
+		// https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#patterns-to-match-branches-and-tags
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"feature/*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"feature/my-branch"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"feature/*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"feature/your-branch"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"feature/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"feature/beta-a/my-branch"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"feature/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"feature/beta-a/my-branch"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"feature/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"feature/mona/the/octocat"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"main", "releases/mona-the-octocat"},
+			inputs:       []string{"main"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"main", "releases/mona-the-octocat"},
+			inputs:       []string{"releases/mona-the-octocat"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"main"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"releases"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"all/the/branches"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"every/tag"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*feature"},
+			inputs:       []string{"mona-feature"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*feature"},
+			inputs:       []string{"feature"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*feature"},
+			inputs:       []string{"ver-10-feature"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"v2*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"v2"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"v2*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"v2.0"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"v2*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"v2.9"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"v[12].[0-9]+.[0-9]+"},
+			inputs:       []string{"v1.10.1"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"v[12].[0-9]+.[0-9]+"},
+			inputs:       []string{"v2.0.0"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		// https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#patterns-to-match-file-paths
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"server.rb"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.jsx?"},
+			inputs:       []string{"page.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.jsx?"},
+			inputs:       []string{"page.jsx"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"all/the/files.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.js"},
+			inputs:       []string{"app.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.js"},
+			inputs:       []string{"index.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**.js"},
+			inputs:       []string{"index.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**.js"},
+			inputs:       []string{"js/index.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**.js"},
+			inputs:       []string{"src/js/app.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/file.txt"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/mona/octocat.txt"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/**/*.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/**/*.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/mona/hello-world.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"docs/**/*.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/a/markdown/file.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/docs/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/hello.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/docs/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"dir/docs/my-file.txt"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/docs/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"space/docs/plan/space.doc"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/README.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/README.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"js/README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/*src/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"a/src/app.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/*src/**"},
+			inputs:       []string{"my-src/code/js/app.js"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/*-post.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"my-post.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/*-post.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"path/their-post.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/migrate-*.sql"},
+			inputs:       []string{"migrate-10909.sql"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/migrate-*.sql"},
+			inputs:       []string{"db/migrate-v1.0.sql"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"**/migrate-*.sql"},
+			inputs:       []string{"db/sept/migrate-v1.sql"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.md", "!README.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"hello.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.md", "!README.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"README.md"},
+			skipResult:   true,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.md", "!README.md"},
+			inputs:       []string{"docs/hello.md"},
+			skipResult:   true,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.md", "!README.md", "README*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"hello.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.md", "!README.md", "README*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"README.md"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+		{
+			patterns:     []string{"*.md", "!README.md", "README*"},
+			inputs:       []string{"README.doc"},
+			skipResult:   false,
+			filterResult: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, kase := range kases {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("patterns=%s, input=%s", strings.Join(kase.patterns, ","), strings.Join(kase.inputs, ","))
+		patterns, err := CompilePatterns(kase.patterns...)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "compile error: %s", msg)
+		assert.Equal(t, kase.skipResult, Skip(patterns, kase.inputs), "unexpected skip result: %s", msg)
+		assert.Equal(t, kase.filterResult, Filter(patterns, kase.inputs), "unexpected filter result: %s", msg)
+	}
+}

modules/actions/workflows.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/actions/jobparser"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/actions/workflowpattern"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/glob"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	webhook_module "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/webhook"
 
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
-	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/workflowpattern"
 	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func matchPushEvent(commit *git.Commit, pushPayload *api.PushPayload, evt *jobpa
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{refName.BranchName()}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{refName.BranchName()}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "branches-ignore":
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func matchPushEvent(commit *git.Commit, pushPayload *api.PushPayload, evt *jobpa
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{refName.BranchName()}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{refName.BranchName()}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "tags":
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func matchPushEvent(commit *git.Commit, pushPayload *api.PushPayload, evt *jobpa
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{refName.TagName()}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{refName.TagName()}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "tags-ignore":
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func matchPushEvent(commit *git.Commit, pushPayload *api.PushPayload, evt *jobpa
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{refName.TagName()}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{refName.TagName()}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "paths":
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func matchPushEvent(commit *git.Commit, pushPayload *api.PushPayload, evt *jobpa
 				if err != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, filesChanged, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+				if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, filesChanged) {
 					matchTimes++
 				}
 			}
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func matchPushEvent(commit *git.Commit, pushPayload *api.PushPayload, evt *jobpa
 				if err != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, filesChanged, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+				if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, filesChanged) {
 					matchTimes++
 				}
 			}
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func matchPullRequestEvent(gitRepo *git.Repository, commit *git.Commit, prPayloa
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{refName.ShortName()}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{refName.ShortName()}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "branches-ignore":
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func matchPullRequestEvent(gitRepo *git.Repository, commit *git.Commit, prPayloa
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{refName.ShortName()}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{refName.ShortName()}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "paths":
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ func matchPullRequestEvent(gitRepo *git.Repository, commit *git.Commit, prPayloa
 				if err != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, filesChanged, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+				if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, filesChanged) {
 					matchTimes++
 				}
 			}
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func matchPullRequestEvent(gitRepo *git.Repository, commit *git.Commit, prPayloa
 				if err != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, filesChanged, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+				if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, filesChanged) {
 					matchTimes++
 				}
 			}
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ func matchWorkflowRunEvent(payload *api.WorkflowRunPayload, evt *jobparser.Event
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{workflow.Name}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{workflow.Name}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "branches":
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ func matchWorkflowRunEvent(payload *api.WorkflowRunPayload, evt *jobparser.Event
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{payload.WorkflowRun.HeadBranch}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Skip(patterns, []string{payload.WorkflowRun.HeadBranch}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		case "branches-ignore":
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ func matchWorkflowRunEvent(payload *api.WorkflowRunPayload, evt *jobparser.Event
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{payload.WorkflowRun.HeadBranch}, &workflowpattern.EmptyTraceWriter{}) {
+			if !workflowpattern.Filter(patterns, []string{payload.WorkflowRun.HeadBranch}) {
 				matchTimes++
 			}
 		default:

modules/glob/glob.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 )
@@ -18,11 +19,18 @@ type Glob interface {
 }
 
 type globCompiler struct {
+	regexpQuestion     bool
+	regexpPlus         bool
+	superWildcardRight bool
+	supportNegative    bool
+
+	separators        []rune
 	nonSeparatorChars string
 	globPattern       []rune
 	regexpPattern     string
 	regexp            *regexp.Regexp
 	pos               int
+	negativeFlip      bool
 }
 
 // compileChars compiles character class patterns like [abc] or [!abc]
@@ -70,13 +78,39 @@ func (g *globCompiler) compile(subPattern bool) (string, error) {
 		switch c {
 		case '*':
 			if g.pos < len(g.globPattern) && g.globPattern[g.pos] == '*' {
-				g.pos++
+				var matchRightSep bool
+				if g.superWildcardRight {
+					// check "**/" pattern, then the wildcards should also match the right separator
+					// e.g.: "**/docs" should match "docs"
+					var rightRune rune
+					if g.pos+1 < len(g.globPattern) {
+						rightRune = g.globPattern[g.pos+1]
+					}
+					if slices.Contains(g.separators, rightRune) {
+						matchRightSep = g.pos-2 < 0 || g.globPattern[g.pos-2] == rightRune
+					}
+				}
+				if matchRightSep {
+					g.pos += 2
+				} else {
+					g.pos++
+				}
 				result += ".*" // match any sequence of characters
 			} else {
 				result += g.nonSeparatorChars + "*" // match any sequence of non-separator characters
 			}
 		case '?':
-			result += g.nonSeparatorChars // match any single non-separator character
+			if g.regexpQuestion {
+				result += "?"
+			} else {
+				result += g.nonSeparatorChars // match any single non-separator character
+			}
+		case '+':
+			if g.regexpPlus {
+				result += "+"
+			} else {
+				result += "\\" + string(c)
+			}
 		case '[':
 			chars, err := g.compileChars()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -101,7 +135,7 @@ func (g *globCompiler) compile(subPattern bool) (string, error) {
 			}
 			result += "\\" + string(g.globPattern[g.pos])
 			g.pos++
-		case '.', '+', '^', '$', '(', ')', '|':
+		case '.', '^', '$', '(', ')', '|':
 			result += "\\" + string(c) // escape regexp special characters
 		default:
 			result += string(c)
@@ -111,8 +145,9 @@ func (g *globCompiler) compile(subPattern bool) (string, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func newGlobCompiler(pattern string, separators ...rune) (Glob, error) {
-	g := &globCompiler{globPattern: []rune(pattern)}
+func initGlobCompiler(g *globCompiler, pattern string, separators []rune) (Glob, error) {
+	g.globPattern = []rune(pattern)
+	g.separators = separators
 
 	// Escape separators for use in character class
 	escapedSeparators := regexp.QuoteMeta(string(separators))
@@ -122,6 +157,11 @@ func newGlobCompiler(pattern string, separators ...rune) (Glob, error) {
 		g.nonSeparatorChars = "."
 	}
 
+	if g.supportNegative && len(g.globPattern) > 0 && g.globPattern[0] == '!' {
+		g.negativeFlip = true
+		g.pos++
+	}
+
 	compiled, err := g.compile(false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -139,11 +179,24 @@ func newGlobCompiler(pattern string, separators ...rune) (Glob, error) {
 }
 
 func (g *globCompiler) Match(s string) bool {
-	return g.regexp.MatchString(s)
+	ret := g.regexp.MatchString(s)
+	if g.negativeFlip {
+		ret = !ret
+	}
+	return ret
 }
 
 func Compile(pattern string, separators ...rune) (Glob, error) {
-	return newGlobCompiler(pattern, separators...)
+	return initGlobCompiler(&globCompiler{}, pattern, separators)
+}
+
+func CompileWorkflow(pattern string) (Glob, error) {
+	return initGlobCompiler(&globCompiler{
+		regexpQuestion:     true,
+		regexpPlus:         true,
+		superWildcardRight: true,
+		supportNegative:    true,
+	}, pattern, []rune{'/'})
 }
 
 func MustCompile(pattern string, separators ...rune) Glob {