2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/zenutil/include/zenutil/wildcard.h b/src/zenutil/include/zenutil/wildcard.h
index 9f402e100..db2d4bda0 100644
--- a/src/zenutil/include/zenutil/wildcard.h
+++ b/src/zenutil/include/zenutil/wildcard.h
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ namespace zen {
 
 bool MatchWildcard(std::string_view Wildcard, std::string_view String, bool CaseSensitive);
 
+bool IncludePath(std::span<const std::string> IncludeWildcards,
+				 std::span<const std::string> ExcludeWildcards,
+				 const std::string&			  Path,
+				 bool						  CaseSensitive);
+
 void wildcard_forcelink();	// internal
 
 }  // namespace zen
diff --git a/src/zenutil/wildcard.cpp b/src/zenutil/wildcard.cpp
index d9d5b384f..7a44c0498 100644
--- a/src/zenutil/wildcard.cpp
+++ b/src/zenutil/wildcard.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,39 @@ MatchWildcard(std::string_view Wildcard, std::string_view String, bool CaseSensi
 	}
 }
 
+bool
+IncludePath(std::span<const std::string> IncludeWildcards,
+			std::span<const std::string> ExcludeWildcards,
+			const std::string&			 Path,
+			bool						 CaseSensitive)
+{
+	bool IncludePath = true;
+	if (!IncludeWildcards.empty())
+	{
+		IncludePath = false;
+		for (const std::string& IncludeWildcard : IncludeWildcards)
+		{
+			if (MatchWildcard(IncludeWildcard, Path, CaseSensitive))
+			{
+				IncludePath = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!IncludePath)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	for (const std::string& ExcludeWildcard : ExcludeWildcards)
+	{
+		if (MatchWildcard(ExcludeWildcard, Path, CaseSensitive))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 #if ZEN_WITH_TESTS
 
 void