#17733 Confusing 'DifferingFamiliesError: Expected AddressMaps to share the same parent directory' exception for use of file glob in dependencies New issue created by huonw Describe the bug I tried using a directory glob for files in a dependency array of a target, and got exceptions like

09:55:59.81 [ERROR] 1 Exception encountered:

  DifferingFamiliesError: Expected AddressMaps to share the same parent directory 'dir/*', but received: 'dir/sub/BUILD'

Reproducer: https://gist.github.com/huonw/1d2e20a961111eba39a20ac55606cdd7 (directory structure created in

make.sh

, since one cannot have directories in a gist)

git clone <mailto:git@gist.github.com|git@gist.github.com>:1d2e20a961111eba39a20ac55606cdd7.git
cd 1d2e20a961111eba39a20ac55606cdd7

bash ./make.sh

./pants version 
# 2.14.0

./pants dependencies dir:single 
# DifferingFamiliesError: Expected AddressMaps to share the same parent directory 'dir/*', but received: 'dir/sub/BUILD'
./pants dependencies dir:recursive
# DifferingFamiliesError: Expected AddressMaps to share the same parent directory 'dir/**', but received: 'dir/BUILD'

I'm suspect I'm doing something wrong here, but, if I am, the error message isn't making it obvious what that is, or how to fix it. For example, I'm not sure what

AddressMaps

is, and am confused by the mention of the

BUILD

file when it is talking about a parent directory? Pants version I tried: 2.14.0, 2.15.0a1, 2.16.0.dev0. The latter two had additional traceback, e.g.

Engine traceback:
  in `dependencies` goal
  in Resolve direct dependencies of target - dir:recursive
  in Search for addresses in BUILD files - dir/**

OS macOS Additional info https://gist.github.com/huonw/1d2e20a961111eba39a20ac55606cdd7 pantsbuild/pants