Re: Unexpected recursion in 'git rm'

From: Matt Hunter <m@lfurio.us>
Date: Jul 3, 2026, 07:01 UTC
Message-ID: <DJOQR6XMG7QZ.2UH68XH0N1D7W@lfurio.us>
In-Reply-To: <323134122.20260702104910@gmail.com>

On Thu Jul 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM EDT, Евгений Плискин wrote:

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> 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

Hi - I threw a quick test repo together, but did not see the result you describe. Could you produce a script or series of commands to reproduce the problem?