christian w writes: > Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! > Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. > > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) > > git ls-files --others 'some/path/*.some.extension' > > What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) > > only list files under some/path/ that had .some.extension > > What happened instead? (Actual behavior) > > It listed those files and also all untracked folders underneath some/path/ I tried to follow your description, and I don't see this on my end. In a fresh repository: $ mkdir -p some/path/d0 $ mkdir -p some/path/d1 $ touch some/path/f0 some/path/d0/f0 some/path/f1.some.extension $ git ls-files --others some/path/d0/f0 some/path/f0 some/path/f1.some.extension $ git ls-files --others 'some/path/*.some.extension' some/path/f1.some.extension $ git version git version 2.28.0 Could you provide a more detailed recipe to reproduce the issue? > [System Info] > git version: > git version 2.28.0