Invalid Glob Pattern in Listing contents:

A listing contents: pattern is not a valid glob and matches nothing.

Q-12-18 — Invalid Glob Pattern in Listing contents:

A listing contents: pattern is not a valid glob and matches nothing.

What this means

Every contents: entry is parsed as a glob pattern. This warning fires when the parse fails; the message carries the parser’s reason. The malformed entry contributes no items, and the rest of the listing still resolves.

Why this happens

Two causes account for nearly every occurrence:

• ** that is not a whole path segment. ** means “zero or more directory levels” and must stand alone between slashes: posts/**/*.qmd is valid, posts/a**b.qmd is not.
• An unclosed character class. [0-9] is a class; posts/[0-9.qmd is a parse error.

How to fix

Rewrite the pattern using the supported vocabulary:

Syntax	Meaning
*	any characters within one path segment
?	one character, never /
**	zero or more whole path segments
[abc], [a-z]	character class
[!abc]	negated character class
[*]	a literal *

Related

• Q-12-17 — pattern resolves outside the project directory.
• Q-12-19 — pattern is valid but matched nothing.