git: How do I recursively add all files in a directory subtree that match a glob pattern?

Question

I have several .screen files inside `/xxx/documentation` and its subdirectories that are already tracked by Git. After modifying many of these screen files, I run `git add documentation/\*.screen`—as indicated by the first example in `git-add`'s documentation—to stage these files, but the command fails: ``` fatal: pathspec 'documentation/\*.screen' did not match any files ``` Is my command bad, or does git have a bug?

Accepted Answer

It's a bug in the documentation. Quote the asterisk with

```
$ git add documentation/\*.screen
```

or

```
$ git add 'documentation/*.screen'
```

to get the behavior you want.

If instead you want to add files in the current directory only, use

```
$ git add *.screen
```

UPDATE: I submitted a patch that corrects the issue, now fixed as of version 1.6.6.2.

git: How do I recursively add all files in a directory subtree that match a glob pattern?

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