fixes Windows-issue #25 by manually resolving file globbing (version 2019.12.22.1)

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@@ -76,15 +76,17 @@ You get updates by executing the very same pip command again.
 
 *** Installation Via Source Code
 
-If you use the GitHub sources (and not pip), the executable is
-~filetags/__init__.py~. You might want to create a symbolic link named
-"filetags" to that file.
+If you use the GitHub sources (and not pip):
+
+- You need to install depending packages via: ~pip install -r requirements.txt~
+- The executable is ~filetags/__init__.py~. You might want to create a
+  symbolic link named "filetags" to that file.
 
 ** Usage
 
-#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results output :wrap src
-./filetags/__init__.py --help | sed 'sX/home/vkX\$HOMEX'
-#+END_SRC
+ # #+BEGIN_SRC sh :results output :wrap src
+ # ./filetags/__init__.py --help | sed 'sX/home/vkX\$HOMEX'
+ # #+END_SRC
 
 #+BEGIN_src
 usage: ./filetags/__init__.py [-h] [-t "STRING WITH TAGS"] [--remove] [-i]
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ For =--filter= and =--tagtrees= examples see sections below.
     integration
 - 2018-07-23: =--tagtrees== can now be filtered with =--filter=
 - 2018-08-02: added option =--hardlinks= as an alternative for non-Windows systems
+- 2019-12-22: added manual file globbing for Windows because of [[https://github.com/novoid/filetags/issues/25][#25]]
 
 ** Get the most out of filetags: controlled vocabulary ~.filetags~
 :PROPERTIES:

filetags/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-PROG_VERSION = "Time-stamp: <2018-08-31 19:37:34 vk>"
+PROG_VERSION = "Time-stamp: <2019-12-22 13:23:52 vk>"
 
 # TODO:
 # - fix parts marked with «FIXXME»
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def save_import(library):
               "\".\nPlease install it, e.g., with \"sudo pip install " + library + "\".")
         sys.exit(2)
 
-
 import re
 import sys
 import os
@@ -60,7 +59,8 @@ if platform.system() == 'Windows':
     except ImportError:
         print("Could not find Python module \"win32com.client\".\nPlease install it, e.g., " +
               "with \"sudo pip install pypiwin32\".")
-        sys.exit(2)
+        sys.exit(3)
+    save_import('pathlib')
 
 PROG_VERSION_DATE = PROG_VERSION[13:23]
 # unused: INVOCATION_TIME = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
@@ -2468,6 +2468,22 @@ def main():
 
     files = extract_filenames_from_argument(options.files)
 
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows' and len(files)==1:
+        # Windows CLI does not resolve wildcard globbing: https://github.com/novoid/filetags/issues/25
+        # Therefore, filetags has to do the business proper(TM) operating systems usually
+        # does: converting file globs to lists of files:
+
+        #logging.debug("WINDOWS: files[0] RAW [%s]" % str(files[0]))
+        path = pathlib.Path(files[0]).expanduser()
+        parts = path.parts[1:] if path.is_absolute() else path.parts
+        expandedfiles = pathlib.Path(path.root).glob(str(pathlib.Path("").joinpath(*parts)))
+        files = []
+        for file in expandedfiles:
+            #logging.debug("WINDOWS: file within expandedfiles [%s]" % str(file))
+            files.append(str(file))
+        logging.debug("WINDOWS: len(files) [%s]" % str(len(files)))
+        logging.debug("WINDOWS: files CONVERTED [%s]" % str(files))
+
     global list_of_link_directories
     global chosen_tagtrees_dir