The code in the findFiles function is very complex and difficult to read. It might be possible to simplify things using e.g. the Pathlib module, which also supports glob patterns. See also here.
Pathlib is only available for Python 3.4 and more recent, so this refactor should wait until we decide to drop Python 2.7 support.
Also, any changes in this part of the code will need thorough cross-platform testing, as I remember getting this to work in the first place was quite a challenge, see discussion here and here.
The code in the findFiles function is very complex and difficult to read. It might be possible to simplify things using e.g. the Pathlib module, which also supports glob patterns. See also here.
Pathlib is only available for Python 3.4 and more recent, so this refactor should wait until we decide to drop Python 2.7 support.
Also, any changes in this part of the code will need thorough cross-platform testing, as I remember getting this to work in the first place was quite a challenge, see discussion here and here.