Undocumented restrictions on allowed filenames in the 'path' argument

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Type of issue

Missing information

Description

The documentation does not mention the use of 'Sensitive' exclusion filters which may lead to unsuspected errors.

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79375071/iconfigurationbuilder-build-fails-with-files-starting-with-a-dot

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.configuration.iniconfigurationextensions.addinifile?view=net-9.0-pp

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/main/xml/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/IniConfigurationExtensions.xml

Document Version Independent Id

c3bb26f8-1dff-5422-402b-47126d0f4675

Article author

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