From: Colton Hurst <colton@coltonhurst.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 04:23:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Git Conditional Includes Question (possible bug?)
Message-ID: <B569AC8C-8AF3-46E6-B8FB-A6EBEF42FA00@coltonhurst.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlfcbs69z.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

Junio,

> as "git config --help" says:
> 
> * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
>   example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
>   matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
> 
> and "~/colton/github/**" as a pattern would match the path to the
> repository in question.

That solved the issue. My email was in the subdirectory config files, but not having the `/` at the end of the path ruined it. Thank you so much for the help!

Have a great day and weekend!


Colton