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docs: clarify ** wildcard must me between path separators
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Michael Eischer
2025-08-04 20:56:07 +02:00
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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``.
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,
the special wildcard ``**`` can be used to match arbitrary sub-directories: The
pattern ``foo/**/bar`` matches:
e.g. ``b*ash`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not match ``/bin/ash``. To match
across an arbitrary number of subdirectories, use the special ``**`` wildcard.
The ``**`` must be positioned between path separators. The pattern
``foo/**/bar`` matches:
* ``/dir1/foo/dir2/bar/file``
* ``/foo/bar/file``