git - Recursively add files by pattern

Question

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 1

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.