in scancode/lib/util.py [0:0]
def match_files(patterns, files):
"""
Matches the files to the patterns.
*patterns* (:class:`~collections.abc.Iterable` of :class:`~pathspec.pattern.Pattern`)
contains the patterns to use.
*files* (:class:`~collections.abc.Iterable` of :class:`str`) contains
the normalized file paths to be matched against *patterns*.
Returns the matched files (:class:`set` of :class:`str`).
"""
all_files = files if isinstance(files, collection_type) else list(files)
return_files = set()
for pattern in patterns:
if pattern.include is not None:
result_files = pattern.match(all_files)
if pattern.include:
return_files.update(result_files)
else:
return_files.difference_update(result_files)
return return_files