],

    // leading slash
    [

        // > A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname.
        // > For example, "/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
        // A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname
        /^\//,
        () => '^'
    ],

    // replace special metacharacter slash after the leading slash
    [
        /\//g,