Quote wildcard

[max-sixty]

Description & motivation

At least on my shell — the * wildcard needs to be quoted to avoid the shell attempting to expand it. Or are others' shells different? (very possible!)

To-do before merge

Pre-release docs

Is this change related to an unreleased version of dbt?

• Yes: please
  • update the base branch to next
  • add Changelog components: <Changelog>[New/Changed] in v0.x.0</Changelog>
  • add links to the "New and changed documentation" section of the latest Migration Guide
• No: please ensure the base branch is current
• Unsure: we'll let you know!

[clrcrl]

Hmm I think this is a zsh vs bash difference, I'm not sure which is more popular @jtcohen6, do you have a sense?

[max-sixty]

It does work on bash! I'm using fish, which is niche enough that I could understand closing this — your call.

The single quoting is never functionally worse, though maybe aesthetically so.

[annafil]

Hey there @max-sixty! Thanks for putting thought into this one and sorry we dropped the ball on this thread. I suspect we have more than this one example in the docs, and I'd rather not ask you to go find them and change them all :)

What do you think about creating a section on the FAQ instead to help others discover this if they run into a similar issue? You can check out this folder for examples. I think you just need to check in a .md file in the right format, and it will show up. ✨

In the meantime, I'll close out this PR but I'll be here to 👍 the next one :) And if you don't hear from anyone after a few days, feel free to nudge me in the Community slack 🙇‍♀️