On 11 Oct 2018, at 05:19, dana <dana@xxxxxxx> wrote: >git itself happily accepts these patterns, however, apparently treating the ** >like a single * without fnmatch(3)'s FNM_PATHNAME flag set (in other words, it >matches / as a regular character, thus crossing directory boundaries). Sorry for replying to myself so quickly, but i think this bit is wrong. It seems like it actually just treats ** in this sort of pattern like a regular * — but i haven't studied the source very closely, so maybe that's not the full story either, i'm not sure. dana
