How to match a filename with a tilde using FileTree class

[mpettigr (Mark)]

I’m trying to match a filename in my local directory that ends with a tilde. The FileTree class does not appear to handle this case.

FileTree tree = fileTree(’.’) {
include ‘*~’
}

tree.each { File file -> println file }

Any ideas on how to match a filename with a tilde in it? Thanks!

[sterling (Sterling Greene)]

It’s the same problem described here:

Copy "git" specific files

I need to copy some github project to another location. The other-folder ends up without the .git and .gitignore files. task('myCopyTask', type: Copy) { into("other-folder") from ("github-source-code") } I fixed the problem with .git folder adding a specific task for it. I am fixing the problem .gitignore files renaming them before and after the copy, but isn’t there an easy way to do it?

and here:

https://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-1883

For backwards compatibility, we’re stuck with using the default Ant excludes in all PatternSets. One of the exclusions is ‘**/*~’. The JIRA ticket describes a workaround, basically, you have to remove the global exclusion.