Git ignoring add with wildcard for some files

Question

I have a project am working on:

there I have many files, I can do something like:

git add *.cvs

and git gently add all csv files for commiting, so far so good...

but if I try to do the same with *.html files, git just ignore my commands, then I have to add those one by one by the name

Why?

Are these HTML files at the same level from which you ran `git add *.html`? If so, then it should have worked. Maybe you can clarify where these HTML files are located. — Tim Biegeleisen, Feb 03 '17 at 14:15
ohh, that could be the reason, since the html files are in child folders — ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ, Feb 03 '17 at 14:18
Just add the wildcard at each level, this always works for me. — Tim Biegeleisen, Feb 03 '17 at 14:33

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '17 at 20:51

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Try quoting the pathspec like this:

git add "*.html"

The reason behind it is that shell expands the wildcard before git.

answered Feb 03 '17 at 20:51

Andrzej Zabost

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