Simplified and Improved the Exclude List Validation Step in 'Invoke-Preprocessing.ps1' Script Tool

Compile.ps1

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if (-NOT $SkipPreprocessing) {
     $preprocessingFilePath = ".\tools\Invoke-Preprocessing.ps1"
     . $preprocessingFilePath
 
-    $excludedFiles = @('.\.git\', '.\.gitignore', '.\.gitattributes', '.\.github\CODEOWNERS', '.\LICENSE', "$preprocessingFilePath", '*.png', '*.exe')
+    $excludedFiles = @('.\.git\', '.\.gitignore', '.\.gitattributes', '.\.github\CODEOWNERS', '.\.github\LICENSE', "$preprocessingFilePath", '*.png', '*.exe')
     $msg = "Pre-req: Code Formatting"
     Invoke-Preprocessing -WorkingDir "$workingdir" -ExcludedFiles $excludedFiles -ProgressStatusMessage $msg -ThrowExceptionOnEmptyFilesList
 }

tools/Invoke-Preprocessing.ps1

@@ -75,23 +75,31 @@
     $count = $ExcludedFiles.Count
 
     # Make sure there's a * at the end of folders in ExcludedFiles list
-    if ($count -gt 0) {
     for ($i = 0; $i -lt $count; $i++) {
         $excludedFile = $ExcludedFiles[$i]
         $isFolder = ($excludedFile) -match '\\$'
         if ($isFolder) { $ExcludedFiles[$i] = $excludedFile + '*' }
     }
-    }
 
     # Validate the ExcludedFiles List before continuing on,
     # that's if there's a list in the first place, and '-SkipExcludedFilesValidation' was not provided.
-    if ((-NOT ($count -eq 0)) -AND (-NOT $SkipExcludedFilesValidation)) {
+    if (-not $SkipExcludedFilesValidation) {
         for ($i = 0; $i -lt $count; $i++) {
             $excludedFile = $ExcludedFiles[$i]
             $filePath = "$(($WorkingDir -replace ('\\$', '')) + '\' + ($excludedFile -replace ('\.\\', '')))"
+
+            # Handle paths with wildcards in a different implementation
+            $matches = ($filePath) -match '^.*?\*'
+
+            if ($matches) {
                 if (-NOT (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "$filePath" -File)) {
                     $failedFilesList += "'$filePath', "
                 }
+            } else {
+                if (-NOT (Test-Path -Path "$filePath")) {
+                    $failedFilesList += "'$filePath', "
+                }
+            }
         }
         $failedFilesList = $failedFilesList -replace (',\s*$', '')
         if (-NOT $failedFilesList -eq "") {