From e7e17271bb6aeb5c2ea1cb198c12d3b76271ccb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codenano077 <shettydarshan021@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 20:37:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add FindFilesInDirectory alias to FileAliases

---
 .../Unit/IO/FileAliasesTests.cs               | 70 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/Cake.Common/IO/FileAliases.cs             | 31 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/IO/FileAliasesTests.cs b/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/IO/FileAliasesTests.cs
index 6e836dc451..bdba58fbd6 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/IO/FileAliasesTests.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/IO/FileAliasesTests.cs
@@ -1279,5 +1279,75 @@ public void Should_Expand_Existing_Environment_Variables()
                 Assert.Equal("/bar/baz.qux", result.FullPath);
             }
         }
+
+        public sealed class TheFindFilesInDirectory
+        {
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_Throw_If_Context_Is_Null()
+            {
+                // Given
+                var directory = new DirectoryPath("./tests");
+
+                // when
+                var result = Record.Exception(() =>
+                    FileAliases.FindFilesInDirectory(null, directory, "*.csproj"));
+
+                // Then
+                AssertEx.IsArgumentNullException(result, "context");
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_Throw_If_Directory_Path_Is_Null()
+            {
+                // Given
+                var context = Substitute.For<ICakeContext>();
+
+                // When
+                var result = Record.Exception(() =>
+                    FileAliases.FindFilesInDirectory(context, null, "*.csproj"));
+
+                // Then
+                AssertEx.IsArgumentNullException(result, "directoryPath");
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_Throw_If_Pattern_Is_Null()
+            {
+                // Given
+                var context = Substitute.For<ICakeContext>();
+                var directory = new DirectoryPath("./tests");
+
+                // When
+                var result = Record.Exception(() =>
+                    FileAliases.FindFilesInDirectory(context, directory, null));
+
+                // Then
+                AssertEx.IsArgumentNullException(result, "pattern");
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_Return_Files_Matching_Pattern()
+            {
+                // Given
+                var environment = FakeEnvironment.CreateUnixEnvironment();
+                var fileSystem = new FakeFileSystem(environment);
+                fileSystem.CreateFile("/Working/tests/project.csproj");
+                fileSystem.CreateFile("/Working/tests/other.txt");
+
+                var context = Substitute.For<ICakeContext>();
+                context.FileSystem.Returns(fileSystem);
+                context.Environment.Returns(environment);
+
+                // When
+                var result = FileAliases.FindFilesInDirectory(
+                    context,
+                    new DirectoryPath("/Working/tests"),
+                    "*.csproj").ToList();
+
+                // Then
+                Assert.Single(result);
+                Assert.Equal("/Working/tests/project.csproj", result[0].FullPath);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Cake.Common/IO/FileAliases.cs b/src/Cake.Common/IO/FileAliases.cs
index 8d1d6ff631..06c2bb08c8 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common/IO/FileAliases.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common/IO/FileAliases.cs
@@ -428,5 +428,36 @@ public static FilePath ExpandEnvironmentVariables(this ICakeContext context, Fil
 
             return filePath.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(context.Environment);
         }
+
+        ///<summary>
+        /// Finds all files mactching the specified pattern within a directory
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="Context">The context.</param>
+        /// <param name="directoryPath">The directory path to search in.</param>
+        /// <param name="pattern">The file pattern to match (eg:"*.csproj").</param>
+        /// <parma name= "scope">The search scope (current directory or recursive).</parma>
+        /// <returns>List of files matching the  pattern.</returns>
+        /// <example>
+        /// <code>
+        /// var files = FindFilesInDirectory("./src", "*.csproj", SearchScope.Recursive);
+        /// </code>
+        /// </example>
+        [CakeMethodAlias]
+        [CakeAliasCategory("Find")]
+        public static IEnumerable<FilePath> FindFilesInDirectory(
+            this ICakeContext context,
+            DirectoryPath directoryPath,
+            string pattern,
+            SearchScope scope = SearchScope.Recursive)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(directoryPath);
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(pattern);
+
+            var directory = context.FileSystem.GetDirectory(
+                directoryPath.MakeAbsolute(context.Environment));
+
+            return directory.GetFiles(pattern, scope).Select(f => f.Path);
+        } 
     }
 }
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