Input and output glob patterns throw error: "error parsing glob 'a}{b': unclosed alternate group" when using multiple groups

[tlaurie-cl]

Current Behavior

Running a target with an input or output glob pattern throws an error:
error parsing glob 'a}{b': unclosed alternate group; missing '}' (maybe escape '{' with '[{]'?)
in the Nx daemon.log when the pattern:

• ends with a group
• uses multiple groups
• has a path separator

The simplest pattern to reproduce this is {projectRoot}/{a}{b}

Expected Behavior

No error to be thrown. The glob pattern is valid.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/tlaurie-cl/nx-unclosed-alternate-group

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run npx nx reset && npx nx run uag:fail
2. Observe the failure, check daemon.log

Note that while the pattern is {projectRoot}/{a}{b}, the error claims the group is unclosed.

3. Run npx nx reset && npx nx run uag:pass-1, pass-2, and pass-3
4. Observe the success.

Note the variants {projectRoot}/{a}{b}c, {projectRoot}/{a}, and {projectRoot}{a}{b} all run without error.

Nx Report

Node           : 18.19.1
OS             : win32-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-windows
npm            : 10.2.4

nx  : 20.7.1
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 47.57 GB

Failure Logs

When the pattern is used as an input:

C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\hasher\native-task-hasher-impl.js:33
        const hashes = this.hasher.hashPlans(plans, env);
                                   ^

Error: error parsing glob 'a}{b': unclosed alternate group; missing '}' (maybe escape '{' with '[{]'?)
    at NativeTaskHasherImpl.hashTasks (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\hasher\native-task-hasher-impl.js:33:36)
    at InProcessTaskHasher.hashTasks (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\hasher\task-hasher.js:41:46)
    at handleHashTasks (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\handle-hash-tasks.js:30:56)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async handleResult (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:186:16)
    at async handleMessage (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:112:9)
    at async C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:74:9 {
  code: 'GenericFailure'
}


When the pattern is used as an output:

[REQUEST]: Responding to the client with an error. recordOutputsHash failed Critical error when recording metadata about outputs: 'error parsing glob 'a}{b': unclosed alternate group; missing '}' (maybe escape '{' with '[{]'?)'.
Error: Critical error when recording metadata about outputs: 'error parsing glob 'a}{b': unclosed alternate group; missing '}' (maybe escape '{' with '[{]'?)'.
    at handleRecordOutputsHash (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\handle-outputs-tracking.js:17:20)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async handleResult (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:186:16)
    at async handleMessage (C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:118:9)
    at async C:\...\unclosed-alternate-group\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:74:9

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