From 6aef0172741d60f46817fcf38060913418baac71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avasam <samuel.06@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 23:41:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix FilesSpec parameters variance issues by making it a
 Mapping instead of a dict

---
 jaraco/path.py                | 5 +++--
 newsfragments/xxxx.bugfix.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/xxxx.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/jaraco/path.py b/jaraco/path.py
index 19155ee..d0eb980 100644
--- a/jaraco/path.py
+++ b/jaraco/path.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Tools for working with files and file systems
 """
 
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 import os
 import re
 import itertools
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 import ctypes
 import importlib
 import pathlib
-from typing import Dict, Protocol, Union
+from typing import Protocol, Union
 from typing import runtime_checkable
 
 
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ class Symlink(str):
     """
 
 
-FilesSpec = Dict[str, Union[str, bytes, Symlink, 'FilesSpec']]  # type: ignore
+FilesSpec = Mapping[str, Union[str, bytes, Symlink, 'FilesSpec']]  # type: ignore
 
 
 @runtime_checkable
diff --git a/newsfragments/xxxx.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/xxxx.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..754a8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/xxxx.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ``FilesSpec`` parameters variance issues by making it a `collections.abc.Mapping` instead of a `dict` -- by :user:`Avasam`