On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, René Scharfe wrote:
> [My SMTP server still refuses to accept emails to [email protected]
> and reports "mailbox unavailable" and "invalid DNS MX or A/AAAA resource
> record." So just replying to the list.]
>
> Am 08.10.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Robert P. J. Day:
> > but as i asked in my earlier post, if i wanted to remove *all* files
> > with names of "Makefile*", why can't i use:
> >
> > $ git rm 'Makefile*'
> >
> > just as i used:
> >
> > $ git rm '*.c'
> >
> > are those not both acceptable fileglobs? why does the former clearly
> > only match the top-level Makefile, and refuse to cross directory
> > boundaries?
> >
> > $ git rm -n 'Makefile*'
> > rm 'Makefile'
> > $
>
> Try:
>
> $ git rm -n '*Makefile'
>
> The whole path is considered. The asterisk there matches any
> directory part -- but also any file name prefix. Check the entry
> for "pathspec" in gitglossary(7) for more details.
but "*Makefile" is not the wildcard pattern i'm interested in.
rday
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