from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, isdir, realpath


def recursive_list_dir(path) -> list[str]:
    try:
        # place to accumulate all the state files
        file_list = []

        # list all the files that are in the directory pointed to by path
        current_contents = [ f"{path}/{x}" for x in listdir(path) if not x.endswith("/.git") or not isdir(x) ]

        for file in current_contents:
            if isdir(file):
                file_list.extend(recursive_list_dir(file))
            elif isfile(file):
                file_list.append(file)

        return file_list

    except Exception:
        raise