From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:43:12 GMT
Subject: Re: git glob pattern in .gitignore and git command
Message-ID: <CACsJy8Ar93y19JuYK+_NDQOn=4+8EH6e+9vWOQZNMGnLgExF-w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180603005834.rwl5mx7llrv767xn@HP>

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 2:58 AM, Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> wrote:
> To ignore all .js file under a directory `lib', I can use "lib/**/js" to match
> them. But when using git command such as "git add", using "git add lib/\*.js"
> is sufficient. Why is this difference in glob mode?

Historical reasons mostly. '**' comes later when '*' already
establishes its place. You can use '**' too with "git add
':(glob)lib/**/*.js'". See
https://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary#gitglossary-aiddefpathspecapathspec
-- 
Duy