On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 2:58 AM, Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To ignore all .js file under a directory `lib', I can use "lib/**/js" to match > them. But when using git command such as "git add", using "git add lib/\*.js" > is sufficient. Why is this difference in glob mode? Historical reasons mostly. '**' comes later when '*' already establishes its place. You can use '**' too with "git add ':(glob)lib/**/*.js'". See https://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary#gitglossary-aiddefpathspecapathspec -- Duy
