Add --regex option to override --glob

src/app.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ pub fn build_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                 .short("g")
                 .conflicts_with("fixed-strings"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            arg("regex")
+                .long("regex")
+                .overrides_with("glob")
+                .hidden_short_help(true),
+        )
         .arg(
             arg("fixed-strings")
                 .long("fixed-strings")
@@ -259,6 +265,9 @@ fn usage() -> HashMap<&'static str, Help> {
     doc!(h, "glob"
         , "Glob-based search (default: regular expression)"
         , "Perform a glob-based search instead of a regular expression search.");
+    doc!(h, "regex"
+        , "Perform a regex-based search"
+        , "Perform a regular-expression based seach (default). This can be used to override --glob.");
     doc!(h, "fixed-strings"
         , "Treat the pattern as a literal string"
         , "Treat the pattern as a literal string instead of a regular expression.");
@@ -346,7 +355,7 @@ fn usage() -> HashMap<&'static str, Help> {
         , "Amount of time in milliseconds to buffer, before streaming the search results to \
            the console.");
     doc!(h, "pattern"
-        , "the search pattern, a regular expression (optional)");
+        , "the search pattern: a regular expression unless '--glob' is used (optional)");
     doc!(h, "path"
         , "the root directory for the filesystem search (optional)"
         , "The directory where the filesystem search is rooted (optional). \

tests/tests.rs

@@ -313,6 +313,14 @@ fn test_glob_searches_with_extension() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Make sure that --regex overrides --glob
+#[test]
+fn test_regex_overrides_glob() {
+    let te = TestEnv::new(DEFAULT_DIRS, DEFAULT_FILES);
+
+    te.assert_output(&["--glob", "--regex", "Foo2$"], "one/two/C.Foo2");
+}
+
 /// Full path search (--full-path)
 #[test]
 fn test_full_path() {