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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ENHANCEMENT] Allow '**' pattern in .gitignore
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:58:30 +0200
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On 10/02/2012 09:21 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've often found the '**' (extended) shell glob useful for matching
> any string crossing directory boundaries: it's especially useful if
> you only have a toplevel .gitignore, as opposed to a per-directory
> .gitignore.  Unfortunately, .gitignore currently uses fnmatch(3), and
> doesn't recognize '**'.  Would extending the .gitignore format to
> accept this be a useful feature?  Would it involve re-implementing and
> extending fnmatch, or is there some other way?
>
I think there is a topic in flight about this:

    <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/206406>

HTH,
  Stefano