Escape literal parent directories in glob searches

newsfragments/+glob-literal-parent.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Treat the parent directory literally in ``Path.glob()`` and ``Path.iglob()`` when its name contains wildcard characters.

path/__init__.py

@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ def glob(self, pattern: str) -> list[Self]:
                   :func:`walkdirs` or :func:`walkfiles`.
         """
         cls = self._next_class
-        return [cls(s) for s in glob.glob(self / pattern)]
+        return [cls(s) for s in glob.glob(cls(glob.escape(self)) / pattern)]
 
     def iglob(self, pattern: str) -> Iterator[Self]:
         """Return an iterator of Path objects that match the pattern.
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ def iglob(self, pattern: str) -> Iterator[Self]:
                   :func:`walkdirs` or :func:`walkfiles`.
         """
         cls = self._next_class
-        return (cls(s) for s in glob.iglob(self / pattern))
+        return (cls(s) for s in glob.iglob(cls(glob.escape(self)) / pattern))
 
     #
     # --- Reading or writing an entire file at once.

tests/test_path.py

@@ -460,6 +460,15 @@ class TestScratchDir:
     Tests that run in a temporary directory (does not test TempDir class)
     """
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('method', ['glob', 'iglob'])
+    def test_glob_literal_parent(self, tmp_path, method):
+        directory = Path(tmp_path / '[reports]').mkdir()
+        expected = (directory / 'result.txt').touch()
+        (directory / 'ignored.csv').touch()
+        decoy = Path(tmp_path / 'r').mkdir()
+        (decoy / 'wrong.txt').touch()
+        assert list(getattr(directory, method)('*.txt')) == [expected]
+
     def test_context_manager(self, tmpdir):
         """Can be used as context manager for chdir."""
         d = Path(tmpdir)