René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`Resolve-Path -Relative`: `-RelativeBasePath` accepts wildcard expressions, reports different results when matched via wildcard","articleBody":"### Prerequisites\r\n\r\n- [X] Write a descriptive title.\r\n- [X] Make sure you are able to repro it on the [latest released version](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases)\r\n- [X] Search the existing issues.\r\n- [X] Refer to the [FAQ](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md).\r\n- [X] Refer to [Differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/whats-new/differences-from-windows-powershell).\r\n\r\n### Steps to reproduce\r\n\r\nNote:\r\n\r\n* I think`-RelativeBasePath` shouldn't even _accept_ wildcard expressions, so to me the preferable resolution is to simply treat `-RelativePath` arguments as _literal_ paths. (Currently, a wildcard is accepted, but only if it resolves to _exactly one item_).\r\n\r\n   *  There is precedent for making such a - technically breaking - change, e.g the `-OutFile` parameter of `Invoke-WebRequest` and `-InvokeRestMethod`, which used to accept wildcards, but now interprets paths literally - see https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/11701#issuecomment-579756979\r\n\r\n* Doing so would make the problem at hand go away; if this is decided against, at least the inconsistency below must be fixed.\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n# Matching with *literal* path.\r\nResolve-Path System32 -Relative -RelativeBasePath C:\\Windows\r\n\r\n# Matching the same path *via wildcard*\r\nResolve-Path System32 -Relative -RelativeBasePath C:\\Window[s]\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Expected behavior\r\n\r\n```console\r\n.\\System32\r\n.\\System32\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n### Actual behavior\r\n\r\n```console\r\n.\\System32\r\n..\\Windows\\System32\r\n```\r\n\r\nThat is, even though in both commands `C:\\Windows` was ultimately used as the base path, the wildcard matching resulted in different output.\r\n\r\n\r\n### Error details\r\n\r\n_No response_\r\n\r\n### Environment data\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nPowerShell 7.4.0\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n### Visuals\r\n\r\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mklement0","@type":"Person","name":"mklement0"},"datePublished":"2023-12-14T19:35:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/20931/PowerShell/issues/20931"}