On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, René Scharfe wrote: > [My SMTP server still refuses to accept emails to rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================