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From: James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/alternative/raw and rough] setup.c: denote repo wide
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, it is natural to expect that
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git grep -e frotz ".../*.txt"
>
> should find *.txt files _only_ at the root level, so it is not as use=
ful as
> the --full-tree (or --root).

I've often wished Git supported the zsh '**' wildcard to match anything=
,
including slashes.  Here's another case where it would be useful - to
match *.txt everywhere, you'd use ".../**.txt", and it leaves you the
option of using ".../*.txt" if you really want to find *.txt only at th=
e
root level.  Of course, it may be very difficult to implement...

James