Issue #3304365: Do not check excluded folders for symlinks

package_manager/src/Event/ExcludedPathsTrait.php

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\package_manager\Event;
 
+use PhpTuf\ComposerStager\Infrastructure\Value\PathList\PathList;
+
 /**
  * Common functionality for events which can collect excluded paths.
  */
@@ -40,11 +42,19 @@ trait ExcludedPathsTrait {
   /**
    * Returns the paths to exclude from the current operation.
    *
-   * @return string[]
-   *   The paths to exclude.
+   * @param bool $return_as_object
+   *   (optional) If TRUE, the excluded paths will be returned as an instance
+   *   of \PhpTuf\ComposerStager\Domain\Value\PathList\PathListInterface.
+   *   Defaults to FALSE.
+   *
+   * @return string[]|\PhpTuf\ComposerStager\Domain\Value\PathList\PathListInterface
+   *   The paths to exclude, as an instance of
+   *   \PhpTuf\ComposerStager\Domain\Value\PathList\PathListInterface if
+   *   $as_path_list is TRUE, or an array of strings if FALSE.
    */
-  public function getExcludedPaths(): array {
-    return array_unique($this->excludedPaths);
+  public function getExcludedPaths(bool $return_as_object = FALSE) {
+    $excluded_paths = array_unique($this->excludedPaths);
+    return $return_as_object ? new PathList($excluded_paths) : $excluded_paths;
   }
 
 }