Recursively add files by pattern

git glob filepattern
Michel Krämer picture Michel Krämer · May 18, 2010 · Viewed 72.2k times · Source

How do I recursively add files by a pattern (or glob) located in different directories?

For example, I'd like to add A/B/C/foo.java and D/E/F/bar.java (and several other java files) with one command:

git add '*.java'

Unfortunately, that doesn't work as expected.

Answer

Sergey Glotov picture Sergey Glotov · Feb 24, 2012

You can use git add [path]/\*.java to add java files from subdirectories,
e.g. git add ./\*.java for current directory.

From git add documentation:

Adds content from all *.txt files under Documentation directory and its subdirectories:

$ git add Documentation/\*.txt

Note that the asterisk * is quoted from the shell in this example; this lets the command include the files from subdirectories of Documentation/ directory.

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