wildcard_domains: Change wildcard character to '%'domain-wildcards

The '*' character is not ideal to use in filenames because if you forget
to escape it in the shell, it can have harmful consequences.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index beee8e0..5bde79a 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(message) {
 });
 
 
-// TODO: Consider choosing a different wildcard character, as '*' is troublesome in a shell (maybe '%')
 // Build a list of wildcard domains from the given hostname.
 //
 // Example:
 //
 //     wildcard_domains('en.wikipedia.org');
-//     => [ '*', '*.org', '*.wikipedia.org', 'en.wikipedia.org' ]
+//     => [ '%', '%.org', '%.wikipedia.org', 'en.wikipedia.org' ]
 function wildcard_domains (hostname) {
 	var domain_parts = hostname.split('.');
 	var domains = [];
@@ -63,10 +62,10 @@ function wildcard_domains (hostname) {
 	}
 
 	for (var i = 0; i < domains.length - 1; i++) {
-		domains[i] = '*.' + domains[i];
+		domains[i] = '%.' + domains[i];
 	}
 
-	domains.unshift('*');
+	domains.unshift('%');
 
 	return domains;
 }