README: Recommend using Regexp filters for add_group
#1062
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Using String filters can include wrong files to groups because it matches if the string is contained within the path.
For example:
See also https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416910
Alternative
Instead, we could adjust the String filter to use
start_with?
instead ofinclude?
but that'd be a breaking change and also require users to prepend a leading slash to their configuration like: