I want to add a file which has a unique file name but a long preceding path (e.g. a/b/c/d/filename.java). Normally I would add this to my repository by doing
git add *filename.java.
However I have also done this before:
git add a/b/c/d/filename*
So I tried to combine the two:
git add *filename*
but this does something weird. It adds every untracked file. I can see possible reasons for failure but they all should occur in one of the previous two commands so I don't know why this is happening.
My question isn't so much about how to add a file to a git repository with just its file name (although that would be useful).
My question is what is my misunderstanding of the * operation which makes me think the above should work.
Info:
I am using Git Bash for Windows, which is based on minGW.