From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:21:49 GMT
Subject: [ENHANCEMENT] Allow '**' pattern in .gitignore
Message-ID: <CALkWK0nXfeAnFfdFtdDNdEwtk0mMPtpYbg8sPzfrEXUpXsGQOA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I've often found the '**' (extended) shell glob useful for matching
any string crossing directory boundaries: it's especially useful if
you only have a toplevel .gitignore, as opposed to a per-directory
.gitignore.  Unfortunately, .gitignore currently uses fnmatch(3), and
doesn't recognize '**'.  Would extending the .gitignore format to
accept this be a useful feature?  Would it involve re-implementing and
extending fnmatch, or is there some other way?

Ram