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RE: [BUG] ** glob pattern in git diff doesn't match root directory

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 24, 2021, 03:31 UTC
Message-ID
<608391297345f_10cb920875@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To
<79834D18-EAF4-4748-9B96-38AAA0760499@fb.com>
Shoaib Meenai wrote:
> Am I misunderstanding how `**` should work, or is this a bug?
I would say this is a bug, but I'm not familiar with pathspecs.

I stumbled upoon a very similar issue (I wanted to find all the *.jpg in the repository). I couldn't find another way to do it but:

  git diff ':(glob)**/foo'
Cheers.
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. Shoaib MeenaiApr 24, 2021
  2. Felipe ContrerasApr 24, 2021
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  4. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2021
  5. Shoaib MeenaiApr 26, 2021
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  7. Shoaib MeenaiApr 26, 2021

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