diff --git a/datalad/support/path.py b/datalad/support/path.py
index db5e3f8dd2..85620409c4 100644
--- a/datalad/support/path.py
+++ b/datalad/support/path.py
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 # TODO: RF and move all paths related functions from datalad.utils in here
 import os
 import os.path as op
-
 # to not pollute API importing as _
 from collections import defaultdict as _defaultdict
-
 from functools import wraps
 from itertools import dropwhile
-from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
+from pathlib import (
+    Path,
+    PurePosixPath,
+)
+from typing import Generator
 
 from ..utils import (
     ensure_bytes,
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ def get_parent_paths(paths, parents, only_with_parents=False, *, sep='/'):
     return res
 
 
-def get_limited_paths(paths: list[str|Path], limits: list[str|Path], *, include_within_path: bool = False) -> list[Path]:
+def get_limited_paths(paths: list[str|Path], limits: list[str|Path], *, include_within_path: bool = False) \
+        -> Generator[str, None, None]:
     """Given list of relative POSIX paths (or Path objects), select the ones within limits (also relative and POSIX).
 
     In case of include_with_path=True, if limit points to some path under a 'path' within 'paths',
@@ -247,8 +250,8 @@ def _harmonize_paths(l: list) -> list:
                 limits_parts = limits_parts[1:]
             else:
                 break  # otherwise -- consider this one!
-        if not limits_parts:
-            # none left
+        else:
+            # no limiting path left - the other paths cannot be the selected ones
             break
         if include_within_path:
             # if one identical or subpath of another one -- their parts match in the beginning
diff --git a/datalad/support/tests/test_path.py b/datalad/support/tests/test_path.py
index 3d683673ba..e2ceadd1c6 100644
--- a/datalad/support/tests/test_path.py
+++ b/datalad/support/tests/test_path.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # ## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##
 
 import os
+from pathlib import PurePosixPath
 
 from ...tests.utils_pytest import (
     SkipTest,
@@ -123,5 +124,26 @@ def glp(*args, **kwargs):
         return list(get_limited_paths(*args, **kwargs))
 
     assert glp(['a', 'b'], ['a', 'c']) == ['a']
+    assert glp(['a', 'b'], ['b']) == ['b']
+    assert glp(['a', 'b'], ['c']) == []
+
     assert glp(['a', 'b'], ['a/b', 'c']) == []  # a is not subpath of a/b
-    assert glp(['a', 'b'], ['a/b', 'c'], include_within_path=True) == ['a']  # a is not subpath of a/b
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert glp(['a', 'b'], ['a/b', 'c'], include_within_path=True) == ['a']  # a is not subpath of a/b
+
+    # all paths returned due to '.', and order is sorted
+    paths = ['a', 'b', '1/2/3', 'abc']
+    paths_sorted = sorted(paths)
+    assert glp(paths, ['.']) == paths_sorted
+    assert glp(paths, paths_sorted) == paths_sorted
+    assert glp(paths, paths_sorted, include_within_path=True) == paths_sorted
+    # we can take a mix of str and Path
+    assert glp([PurePosixPath(paths[0])] + paths[1:], ['.']) == paths_sorted
+
+
+    # nothing within empty "limits" matches -- so no paths yielded
+    assert glp(paths, []) == []
+
+    assert_raises(ValueError, glp, ['/a'], [])
+    assert_raises(ValueError, glp, [PurePosixPath('/a')], [])
+    assert_raises(ValueError, glp, ['a'], ['/a'])
+    assert_raises(ValueError, glp, ['../a'], ['a'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d188ee4bdd..6988d9f56a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ commands =
         datalad/cmd.py \
         datalad/downloaders/providers.py \
         datalad/runner \
-        datalad/support/collections.py
+        datalad/support/collections.py \
+        datalad/support/path.py
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}