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docs: clarify ** must me between path separators

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@@ -346,9 +346,10 @@ A trailing ``/`` is ignored, a leading ``/`` anchors the pattern at the root dir
This means, ``/bin`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not match ``/usr/bin/restic``. This means, ``/bin`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not match ``/usr/bin/restic``.
Regular wildcards cannot be used to match over the directory separator ``/``, Regular wildcards cannot be used to match over the directory separator ``/``,
e.g. ``b*ash`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not match ``/bin/ash``. For this, e.g. ``b*ash`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not match ``/bin/ash``. To match
the special wildcard ``**`` can be used to match arbitrary sub-directories: The across an arbitrary number of subdirectories, use the special ``**`` wildcard.
pattern ``foo/**/bar`` matches: The ``**`` must be positioned between path separators. The pattern
``foo/**/bar`` matches:
* ``/dir1/foo/dir2/bar/file`` * ``/dir1/foo/dir2/bar/file``
* ``/foo/bar/file`` * ``/foo/bar/file``