Reqnroll + multi-platform setup (macOS & Windows): Feature file path issue

[matkw]

Hi,

While migrating from SpecFlow to Reqnroll in a mixed-platform environment (macOS & Windows), I ran into a few issues related to *.feature file discovery and code-behind generation.

Context:

• The test project is built and executed on both Windows and macOS machines.
• Feature files are placed in nested directories (e.g. Features/UserData/Auth/Login.feature).

Observations

Intermittent error:

Could not find a part of the path '**/*.feature'

These typically occur after modifying a .feature file, or during incremental builds — windows woks fine but occurs on macOS.

Cleaning the solution (dotnet clean, dotnet restore) and deleting bin/ & obj/ sometimes helps, but the issue returns.

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Things I tried

1. Relying on the default **/*.feature glob
2. Manually tweaking the Build Action in Rider to None or ReqnrollFeatureFiles
3. Removing the glob and explicitly including .feature files in .csproj, like:

Open questions

A workaround that helped:

Removing the default **/*.feature pattern using Remove="**/*.feature" and manually including .feature files via Include="path/to/file.feature" works.

However, this requires listing each .feature file individually — especially when they live in multiple subdirectories — which is not optimal for larger or evolving projects.

<ItemGroup>
<ReqnrollFeatureFiles Remove="**/*.feature" />
<ReqnrollFeatureFiles Include="Features/UserData/Auth/Login.feature" />
<ReqnrollFeatureFiles Include="Features/Orders/Checkout/Submit.feature" />
</ItemGroup>

Here are some questions that remain:

- Is the automatic inclusion via `**/*.feature` sensitive to OS or file system behavior (e.g., macOS vs Windows)?
- Is there a more maintainable way to ensure **cross-platform stability** in Reqnroll feature file discovery and test generation?

If you've run into this in a multi-OS setup or have tips for managing `.feature` files across platforms, I’d love to hear how you’ve approached it!

Thanks!

[304NotModified]

Duplicate of #683