Match build configuration names, targets and machine names as paths

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mod/build-config.hxx b/mod/build-config.hxx
index e7ee9eb..a6f9902 100644
--- a/mod/build-config.hxx
+++ b/mod/build-config.hxx
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ namespace brep
   {
     return exclude (p.builds, p.constraints, c, r);
   }
+
+  // Convert the build configuration name, target, machine name or their
+  // pattern into path, replacing dashes with slashes and double stars with
+  // the `*/**/*` substring for a subsequent match using our path_match()
+  // functionality. Throw invalid_path if the resulting path is invalid.
+  //
+  // Note that it is assumed that the match_absent path match flag will be
+  // used for matching for the double star replacement to make sense.
+  //
+  path
+  from_build_config_name (const string&);
 }
 
 #endif // MOD_BUILD_CONFIG_HXX