Dagster-dbt doesn't support dbt_selectors using Path selection

[freemanlevine]

What's the issue?

Node selection method path doesn't return any assets when using a YML selector passed in via the dbt_selector argument of build_dbt_asset_selection. These selectors function as expected when using the dbt CLI locally or appending the selector directly to the dbt.cli command string.

What did you expect to happen?

I expected a dbt selector with method: path, value: "*" to return the same set of assets as method: fqn, value: "*", since these selectors return the same asset set when using the dbt CLI.

How to reproduce?

Here's the selectors that I'm using:

selectors:
  - name: select-with-fqn
    default: false
    definition:
      method: fqn
      value: "*"
  - name: select-with-path
    default: false
    definition:
      method: path
      value: "*"

And here's a test that uses each selector:

def test_with_selector():
    test_selection_fqn = build_dbt_asset_selection(
        dbt_assets=[my_dbt_assets],
        dbt_selector="select-with-fqn",
    )

    ## fqn selector
    selected_assets_fqn = {
        asset_key.to_user_string()
        for asset_key in test_selection_fqn.resolve([my_dbt_assets])
    }
    fqn_count = len(selected_assets_fqn)
    assert fqn_count > 0  # passes

    ## path selector
    test_selection_path = build_dbt_asset_selection(
        dbt_assets=[my_dbt_assets],
        dbt_selector="select-with-path",
    )
    selected_assets_path = {
        asset_key.to_user_string()
        for asset_key in test_selection_path.resolve([my_dbt_assets])
    }
    path_count = len(selected_assets_path)
    assert path_count > 0  # fails

For reference, both selectors work on the command line:

dbt ls --selector select-with-fqn

dbt ls --selector select-with-path

The selectors also work when passed in to the DbtCliResource.cli method:

def dbt_commands_example(dbt: DbtCliResource):
    dbt_commands = [
        "ls",
        "--selector",
        "select-with-path",
    ]
    dbt.cli(dbt_commands)

Dagster version

1.11.16

Deployment type

Local

Deployment details

Local deployment / dagster dev

Additional information

dbt-core 1.10.13
dagster-dbt 0.27.16

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