[Feature] support {String} patterns

[cletusw]

Feature request: Could the patterns array support plain old strings, where

patterns: [
  'myFile.txt'
]

is equivalent to

patterns: [{
  from: 'myFile.txt'
}]

?

This would reduce boilerplate when many of the copy patterns are simple.

If this is okay, I can implement the PR.

[michael-ciniawsky]

Always feel free to send a PR as it is even easier to triage feature implementations that way :) There is no guarantee if it lands as it always requires sign-off from 2+ maintainers at minimum. The proposal seems reasonable enough through (from a first glance)

[cletusw]

@michael-ciniawsky Will do! Some projects have explicit rules against submitting PRs that haven't been raised as an issue first, so I just wanted to be sure. Thanks!