diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index 01dabe286969bb..22360b22fd924b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -976,6 +976,11 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist). .. versionchanged:: 3.13 The *follow_symlinks* parameter was added. + .. versionchanged:: 3.13 + Emits :exc:`FutureWarning` if the pattern ends with "``**``". In a + future Python release, patterns with this ending will match both files + and directories. Add a trailing slash to match only directories. + .. method:: Path.group() Return the name of the group owning the file. :exc:`KeyError` is raised diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py index c83cf3d2ef696d..758f70f5ba7077 100644 --- a/Lib/pathlib.py +++ b/Lib/pathlib.py @@ -1069,6 +1069,11 @@ def _glob(self, pattern, case_sensitive, follow_symlinks): pattern_parts.append('') if pattern_parts[-1] == '**': # GH-70303: '**' only matches directories. Add trailing slash. + warnings.warn( + "Pattern ending '**' will match files and directories in a " + "future Python release. Add a trailing slash to match only " + "directories and remove this warning.", + FutureWarning, 3) pattern_parts.append('') if case_sensitive is None: diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py index 5789a932c59037..74deec84336f72 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py @@ -1903,11 +1903,11 @@ def _check(glob, expected): "dirC/dirD", "dirC/dirD/fileD"]) _check(p.rglob("file*"), ["dirC/fileC", "dirC/dirD/fileD"]) _check(p.rglob("**/file*"), ["dirC/fileC", "dirC/dirD/fileD"]) - _check(p.rglob("dir*/**"), ["dirC/dirD"]) + _check(p.rglob("dir*/**/"), ["dirC/dirD"]) _check(p.rglob("*/*"), ["dirC/dirD/fileD"]) _check(p.rglob("*/"), ["dirC/dirD"]) _check(p.rglob(""), ["dirC", "dirC/dirD"]) - _check(p.rglob("**"), ["dirC", "dirC/dirD"]) + _check(p.rglob("**/"), ["dirC", "dirC/dirD"]) # gh-91616, a re module regression _check(p.rglob("*.txt"), ["dirC/novel.txt"]) _check(p.rglob("*.*"), ["dirC/novel.txt"]) @@ -2057,7 +2057,20 @@ def test_glob_above_recursion_limit(self): path.mkdir(parents=True) with set_recursion_limit(recursion_limit): - list(base.glob('**')) + list(base.glob('**/')) + + def test_glob_recursive_no_trailing_slash(self): + P = self.cls + p = P(BASE) + with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning): + p.glob('**') + with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning): + p.glob('*/**') + with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning): + p.rglob('**') + with self.assertWarns(FutureWarning): + p.rglob('*/**') + def test_readlink(self): if not self.can_symlink: diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-07-00-13-00.gh-issue-70303.frwUKH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-07-00-13-00.gh-issue-70303.frwUKH.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..39a891ac5964ab --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-07-00-13-00.gh-issue-70303.frwUKH.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Emit :exc:`FutureWarning` from :meth:`pathlib.Path.glob` and +:meth:`~pathlib.Path.rglob` if the given pattern ends with "``**``". In a +future Python release, patterns with this ending will match both files and +directories. Add a trailing slash to only match directories.