diff --git a/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_3_a0fdcd19954a38141b1dc2a51638ba30._comment b/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_3_a0fdcd19954a38141b1dc2a51638ba30._comment index 109115c9a0..6af065cb54 100644 --- a/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_3_a0fdcd19954a38141b1dc2a51638ba30._comment +++ b/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_3_a0fdcd19954a38141b1dc2a51638ba30._comment @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ The shell does not expand *.jpg to match files inside subdirectories. I suggest you read up on how shell wildcards work, and how to use them properly. -There is a bit of a bug here, which is that the shell, when *.jpg does not -expand to anything, passes the "*.jpg" parameter to git-annex un-expanded, +There is a bit of a bug here, which is that the shell, when `*.jpg` does not +expand to anything, passes the `"*.jpg"` parameter to git-annex un-expanded, which then passes it off to git ls-files, which then unexpectedly expands it to recursively match jpegs in subirectories. Only then does git-annex -try to add a "*.jpg" file, and when it doesn't exist, it exits with an +try to add a `*.jpg` file, and when it doesn't exist, it exits with an error, leaving the files it did add unstaged in git. To get out of that situation, just re-run git-annex add and actually list