how do I ignore a directory recursively?

[mcandre]

The documented exclusion --glob <dir>/* examples use explicit asterisks (*).

Are directory exclusions automatically recursive?

What is the syntax to ignore both the directory and all recursive contents?

Can we please make the (recursive) star implicit (e.g. --glob <dir>)

[BurntSushi]

Please provide an MRE of current behavior versus what you want/expect.

[BurntSushi]

Without a concrete example, it's hard to know where the confusion is. Usually dir/* is enough, since it ignores not just all direct files in dir but also direct directories. So there is no descending in that case:

$ rg -l 'fn is_empty'
crates/matcher/src/lib.rs
crates/globset/src/lib.rs
crates/regex/src/literal.rs
GUIDE.md
crates/cli/src/process.rs
crates/ignore/src/types.rs
crates/ignore/src/overrides.rs
crates/ignore/src/gitignore.rs
crates/printer/src/hyperlink/mod.rs

$ rg -l 'fn is_empty' -g '!crates/*'
GUIDE.md