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Unexpected recursion in 'git rm'

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ЕПЕвгений Плискин <eugene.pliskin@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 2, 2026, 07:49 UTC
Message-ID
<323134122.20260702104910@gmail.com>
Hello.
The following git command does recurse directories as contrary to the reference (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rm):
    git rm -n *.json
Without directory specification before '*.json' this command is not expected to recurse directories, but it really does.
git version 2.55.0.windows.1
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Regards,
Eugene Pliskin                          mailto:eugene.pliskin@gmail.com
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