updated for version 7.4.654 Problem: glob() and globpath() cannot include links to non-existing files. (Charles Campbell) Solution: Add an argument to include all links with glob(). (James McCoy) Also for globpath().

src/eval.c

@@ -8142,8 +8142,8 @@ static struct fst
     {"getwinposx",	0, 0, f_getwinposx},
     {"getwinposy",	0, 0, f_getwinposy},
     {"getwinvar",	2, 3, f_getwinvar},
-    {"glob",		1, 3, f_glob},
-    {"globpath",	2, 4, f_globpath},
+    {"glob",		1, 4, f_glob},
+    {"globpath",	2, 5, f_globpath},
     {"has",		1, 1, f_has},
     {"has_key",		2, 2, f_has_key},
     {"haslocaldir",	0, 0, f_haslocaldir},
@@ -12420,11 +12420,16 @@ f_glob(argvars, rettv)
     {
 	if (get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[1], &error))
 	    options |= WILD_KEEP_ALL;
-	if (argvars[2].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN
-				    && get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[2], &error))
+	if (argvars[2].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN)
 	{
-	    rettv->v_type = VAR_LIST;
-	    rettv->vval.v_list = NULL;
+	    if (get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[2], &error))
+	    {
+		rettv->v_type = VAR_LIST;
+		rettv->vval.v_list = NULL;
+	    }
+	    if (argvars[3].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN
+				    && get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[3], &error))
+		options |= WILD_ALLLINKS;
 	}
     }
     if (!error)
@@ -12474,11 +12479,16 @@ f_globpath(argvars, rettv)
     {
 	if (get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[2], &error))
 	    flags |= WILD_KEEP_ALL;
-	if (argvars[3].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN
-				    && get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[3], &error))
+	if (argvars[3].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN)
 	{
-	    rettv->v_type = VAR_LIST;
-	    rettv->vval.v_list = NULL;
+	    if (get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[3], &error))
+	    {
+		rettv->v_type = VAR_LIST;
+		rettv->vval.v_list = NULL;
+	    }
+	    if (argvars[4].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN
+				    && get_tv_number_chk(&argvars[4], &error))
+		flags |= WILD_ALLLINKS;
 	}
     }
     if (file != NULL && !error)

src/ex_getln.c

@@ -4574,6 +4574,8 @@ ExpandFromContext(xp, pat, num_file, file, options)
 	flags |= EW_KEEPALL;
     if (options & WILD_SILENT)
 	flags |= EW_SILENT;
+    if (options & WILD_ALLLINKS)
+	flags |= EW_ALLLINKS;
 
     if (xp->xp_context == EXPAND_FILES
 	    || xp->xp_context == EXPAND_DIRECTORIES

src/version.c

@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    654,
 /**/
     653,
 /**/

src/vim.h

@@ -817,15 +817,16 @@ extern char *(*dyn_libintl_textdomain)(const char *domainname);
 #define WILD_LONGEST		7
 #define WILD_ALL_KEEP		8
 
-#define WILD_LIST_NOTFOUND	1
-#define WILD_HOME_REPLACE	2
-#define WILD_USE_NL		4
-#define WILD_NO_BEEP		8
-#define WILD_ADD_SLASH		16
-#define WILD_KEEP_ALL		32
-#define WILD_SILENT		64
-#define WILD_ESCAPE		128
-#define WILD_ICASE		256
+#define WILD_LIST_NOTFOUND	0x01
+#define WILD_HOME_REPLACE	0x02
+#define WILD_USE_NL		0x04
+#define WILD_NO_BEEP		0x08
+#define WILD_ADD_SLASH		0x10
+#define WILD_KEEP_ALL		0x20
+#define WILD_SILENT		0x40
+#define WILD_ESCAPE		0x80
+#define WILD_ICASE		0x100
+#define WILD_ALLLINKS		0x200
 
 /* Flags for expand_wildcards() */
 #define EW_DIR		0x01	/* include directory names */
@@ -842,6 +843,7 @@ extern char *(*dyn_libintl_textdomain)(const char *domainname);
 #define EW_KEEPDOLLAR	0x800	/* do not escape $, $var is expanded */
 /* Note: mostly EW_NOTFOUND and EW_SILENT are mutually exclusive: EW_NOTFOUND
  * is used when executing commands and EW_SILENT for interactive expanding. */
+#define EW_ALLLINKS	0x1000	/* also links not pointing to existing file */
 
 /* Flags for find_file_*() functions. */
 #define FINDFILE_FILE	0	/* only files */