code: def _to_pattern_info_list(str_list: List):
      return [PatternInfo(a, "") for a in str_list]
  
imports: import os
  import shutil
  from pathlib import Path
  from typing import List
  import pytest
  from dvc.ignore import DvcIgnore, DvcIgnorePatterns
  from dvc.output import OutputIsIgnoredError
  from dvc.pathspec_math import PatternInfo, merge_patterns
  from dvc.repo import Repo
  from dvc.testing.tmp_dir import TmpDir
  from dvc_data.hashfile.build import IgnoreInCollectedDirError
  from dvc_data.hashfile.utils import get_mtime_and_size
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _to_pattern_info_list(str_list) and returns: unknown