What does two asterisks together in file path mean?

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\**\ This pattern is often used in Copy Task for recursive folder tree traversal. Basically it means that all files with extension config would be processed from the all subdirectories of $(Services_Jobs_Drop_Path) path.

MSDN, Using Wildcards to Specify Items:

You can use the **, *, and ? wildcard characters to specify a group of
files as inputs for a build instead of listing each file separately.

  • The ? wildcard character matches a single character.
  • The * wildcard character matches zero or more characters.
  • The ** wildcard character sequence matches a partial path.

MSDN, Specifying Inputs with Wildcards

To include all .jpg files in the Images directory and subdirectories
Use the following Include attribute:

Include=”Images\**\*.jpg”

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