[Python-checkins] Doc: recursive glob ** follows symlinks to directories (GH-12918)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9b46586124b1022f31f7b6d582a54dff49675ab3
commit: 9b46586124b1022f31f7b6d582a54dff49675ab3
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
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date: 2019-09-11T10:28:16-07:00
summary:

Doc: recursive glob ** follows symlinks to directories (GH-12918)

(cherry picked from commit e24594bfe75aff3e654665cb940ddc4d4acffd2f)

Co-authored-by: Marc <Marc.Herbert+github at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/library/glob.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst
index 0db10b5efc10..9ab79d7a6bab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
       single: **; in glob-style wildcards
 
    If *recursive* is true, the pattern "``**``" will match any files and zero or
-   more directories and subdirectories.  If the pattern is followed by an
-   ``os.sep``, only directories and subdirectories match.
+   more directories, subdirectories and symbolic links to directories. If the
+   pattern is followed by an :data:`os.sep` or :data:`os.altsep` then files will not
+   match.
 
    .. note::
       Using the "``**``" pattern in large directory trees may consume