Component(s)

Alloy local.file_match

Background

I often has the need to tail file from several path pattern a,b,c or exclude file with multiple pattern such as .*, *.gz

Proposal

Currently from the official doc we can only configure a single path
The underlying file match lib that alloy use is doublestar, for newer version (v4) it supports pattern like {a,b,c} to enable multiple match.

shall upgrade the lib version seems it is a low hang fruit.
https://github.com/grafana/alloy/blob/main/internal/component/local/file_match/watch.go#L26

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