tg_command Fails to Recognize Multi-Level Folder Paths with Wildcards

[guicrocetti]

*Describe the Bug
The tg_command function does not interpret multi-level folder paths with wildcards correctly. For example, running the following command in the terminal works as expected:

terragrunt run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir my-folder/*/*-test

In this case, terragrunt successfully plans all content within folders ending in "-test".

However, attempting to run the same command with tg_command results in an error indicating the folder path cannot be found:

tg_command: 'run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir ${{ vars.PROJECT_ID }}/*/*-${{ env.git_environment }}'

Error received:

ERROR  lstat my-folder/*/*-test: no such file or directory

Interestingly, removing the wildcard syntax resolves the issue, as shown below:

tg_command: 'run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir ${{ vars.PROJECT_ID }}/folder-name/folder-prefix-${{ env.git_environment }}'

This simplified version also works without error:

tg_command: 'run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir ${{ vars.PROJECT_ID }}'

However, using a partial wildcard pattern like the example below still triggers a "folder not found" error:

tg_command: 'run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir ${{ vars.PROJECT_ID }}/folder-name/*-${{ env.git_environment }}'

Suggestion:
The issue might stem from tg_command interpreting * as a literal folder name, rather than as a wildcard.

Expected Behavior
The tg_command should recognize and correctly handle folder paths with multi-level wildcard patterns, similar to the behavior of the terragrunt command in the terminal.

Terragrunt Action Version: V2
Environment Details:

• tg_version: "0.67.16"
• tf_version: "1.9.7"

[yhakbar]

Hey @guicrocetti ,

The difference between the two is what your shell is doing, not what Terragrunt is doing.

When you run this:

terragrunt run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir my-folder/*/*-test

It's not actually Terragrunt that's evaluating those wildcards, it's your shell. You can probably see the same error if you do this:

terragrunt run-all plan --terragrunt-working-dir 'my-folder/*/*-test'

Some (basically all, I think) shells expand globs when they are used like that.

The terragrunt-working-dir CLI command is not meant to be used with multiple directories, so I don't think we're interested in adding logic to handle this on the go side if a user explicitly passes in a * string.

Why not use terragrunt-include-dir with terragrunt-strict-include instead?