René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Get-ChildItem -Recurse shouldn't quietly ignore -Include and -Exclude when -LiteralPath is used instead of -Path","articleBody":"Even without using wildcards, `Get-ChildItem -Recurse` allows matching items on every level of the target hierarchy, possibly filtered with `-Include` and `-Exclude`.\r\n\r\nHowever, if you use `-LiteralPath` rather than the (implied) `-Path` parameter, `-Include` and `-Exclude` are _quietly ignored_:\r\n\r\n_If_ there's a good reason for this behavior (none that I'm aware of), then at the very least a _warning_ about `-Include` / `-Exclude`  getting ignored should be issued, or a separate parameter set should prevent combining `-LiteralPath` with `-Include` / `-Exclude`.\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nGet-ChildItem              $PSHOME -Recurse -Exclude *   # implies -Path $PSHOME\r\nGet-ChildItem -LiteralPath $PSHOME -Recurse -Exclude *\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n\r\nBoth calls should yield _no_ output, because all items should be excluded by virtue of `-Exclude *`.\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n\r\nThe 2nd command, due to `-Exclude *` getting _ignored_, outputs the entire subtree of `$PSHOME`.\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nPowerShell Core v6.0.0-alpha (v6.0.0-alpha.18) on macOS 10.12.4\r\nPowerShell Core v6.0.0-alpha (v6.0.0-alpha.18) on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit; v10.0.14393)\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mklement0","@type":"Person","name":"mklement0"},"datePublished":"2017-05-08T01:33:50.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/3730/PowerShell/issues/3730"}