We never merge BC breaks sorry. Is there any other way around that wouldn't involve a BC break?

Hmm... I can suggest implementing Finder::useStrictPaths(bool $strict) method, that will toggle applying path and notPath to the root directory. It shouldn't involve BC.

Continuing the discussion here by hope of merging this :) (see #28158 (comment))

Is it really considered a break if the behavior it's fixing is broken? By "broken" I mean it's not respecting the original contract which is:

Directories passed as argument must be relative to the ones defined with the in() method.

(https://api.symfony.com/4.1/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.html#method_exclude)

This issue is becoming problematic in Bref (brefphp/bref#51) so I'm really hoping we can find a solution :)

Agree this would be very nice to have.

@erickskrauch do you want to do it or do you want me to help you ?

@Simperfit you mean update my PR and resolve conflicts?

@Simperfit not sure I understand, is this a green light to merge this once conflicts are fixed?

Edit: sorry my bad, i mixed up "Contributor" and "Member". I guess this PR is still blocked per the discussion above.

I'm closing because this breaks BC and this staled.

@nicolas-grekas, I'm still in touch if it is a condition of removing the "stale" label :)

Great thanks. Let's keep this PR closed and try a new one that doesn't break BC. Note that I'd prefer not adding a Finder::useStrictPaths() method as I don't think its intend will be obvious to anyone. We'd need another idea. Maybe just using a regexp works as I asked on the issue? (let's continue on the issue btw).