For wildcarding, I'd suggest file globbing patterns (as opposed to regular expressions). As I noted in a private email, I'd suggest that the patterns relative to $HOME be done in the traditional ~/foo style. This would mean you would ignore all patterns that did not start with "/" or "~".
For wildcarding, I'd suggest file globbing patterns (as opposed to regular expressions). As I noted in a private email, I'd suggest that the patterns relative to $HOME be done in the traditional ~/foo style. This would mean you would ignore all patterns that did not start with "/" or "~".