Re: [git-users] what does **/ pattern mean in git?

2014-04-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 18, 2014 7:17 PM, gordonle...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, what does **/ pattern mean?  Why couldn't the person used doc/*.txt > instead of the below? Doc/*.txt matches files ending in .txt in the doc directory while doc/**.txt matches files ending in .txt in doc or any subdirectory of doc.

[git-users] what does **/ pattern mean in git?

2014-04-18 Thread gordonleema
Hi, what does **/ pattern mean? Why couldn't the person used doc/*.txt instead of the below? quote # ignore all .txt files in the doc/ directory doc/**/*.txt A **/ pattern is available in Git since version 1.8.2. end quote source: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Recording-Changes-to-the-