Difference between ** and * in glob matching (.gitignore)

Question

I have the following directory structure and files.

pw-spec/
|-- event_spec.coffee
|-- event_spec.js
|-- integration
|   `-- service
|       |-- auth_spec.coffee         


        

Answer 1

Create a .gitignore in pw-spec in which you insert these two lines:

*.js
*/*.js

Also note that if you already have files tracked in this subdirectory which you want "untracked", you have to make them unknown to the index as such:

git rm --cached path/to/file

For instance, if in directory pw-spec you can do:

find -type f -name "*.js" | xargs git rm --cached