From c1ad018543e03464a82ff298f446fdbdd997d0ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: barneygale <barney.gale@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 15:12:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [3.12] GH-117701: Note that recursive wildcards aren't
 supported in `PurePath.match()`

---
 Doc/library/pathlib.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index d839557993742a..4e54c9167ad804 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties:
       >>> PurePath('a/b.py').match(pattern)
       True
 
+   .. note::
+      The recursive wildcard "``**``" isn't supported by this method (it acts
+      like non-recursive "``*``".)
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
       Accepts an object implementing the :class:`os.PathLike` interface.