From e022f0cca454d18fdf7336a71fefc35a1939a089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Apeksha_2022 <70309060+Apeksha9389@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:16:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Escape literal parent directories in glob searches

---
 newsfragments/+glob-literal-parent.bugfix.rst | 1 +
 path/__init__.py                              | 4 ++--
 tests/test_path.py                            | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/+glob-literal-parent.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/newsfragments/+glob-literal-parent.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/+glob-literal-parent.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..468d380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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.
diff --git a/path/__init__.py b/path/__init__.py
index 731e88e..0ca6c12 100644
--- a/path/__init__.py
+++ b/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.
diff --git a/tests/test_path.py b/tests/test_path.py
index 55d733c..21b0652 100644
--- a/tests/test_path.py
+++ b/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)