[Bug] fqn method in selectors.yml is selecting path, not model about dbt-core HOT 1 CLOSED

Thanks for reaching out @SunriseLong !

This is a feature of the FQN selector method in dbt rather than a bug, so I'm going to close this as "not planned".

More detail

If you run a plain dbt list (without any selector), you'll see something like this:

thirdwave_dbt.a_test_directory.model_1
thirdwave_dbt.a_test_directory.model_2
thirdwave_dbt.a_test_directory.model_3

And if you look at a pretty-printed version of your manifest.json, you'll see something like this:

            "fqn": [
                "thirdwave_dbt",
                "a_test_directory",
                "model_1"
            ],

Since a_test_directory is a subdirectory name that is part of the FQN, it is matched by this code.

Thank you for pointing out that our documentation isn't clear on this -- I've opened up this issue as a result: dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com#5191

from dbt-core.