return slashes.slice(0, length - length % 2)
}

// > If the pattern ends with a slash,
// > it is removed for the purpose of the following description,
// > but it would only find a match with a directory.
// > In other words, foo/ will match a directory foo and paths underneath it,
// > but will not match a regular file or a symbolic link foo
// >  (this is consistent with the way how pathspec works in general in Git).