docs: add important note about ignore rules

Fixes #2057

README.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ A config file can take any of the command line arguments as JSON key values, for
 ```json
 {
  "verbose": true,
- "ignore": ["*.test.js", "fixtures/*"],
+ "ignore": ["*.test.js", "**/fixtures/**"],
  "execMap": {
  "rb": "ruby",
  "pde": "processing --sketch={{pwd}} --run"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Specify the config in the same format as you would for a config file but under `
  "homepage": "http:https://nodemon.io",
  "...": "... other standard package.json values",
  "nodemonConfig": {
- "ignore": ["test/*", "docs/*"],
+ "ignore": ["**/test/**", "**/docs/**"],
  "delay": 2500
  }
 }
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ Patterns can also be ignored (but be sure to quote the arguments):
 nodemon --ignore 'lib/*.js'
 ```
 
+**Important** the ignore rules are patterns matched to the full absolute path, and this determines how many files are monitored. If using a wild card glob pattern, it needs to be used as `**` or omitted entirely. For example, `nodemon --ignore '**/test/**'` will work, whereas `--ignore '*/test/*'` will not.
+
 Note that by default, nodemon will ignore the `.git`, `node_modules`, `bower_components`, `.nyc_output`, `coverage` and `.sass-cache` directories and *add* your ignored patterns to the list. If you want to indeed watch a directory like `node_modules`, you need to [override the underlying default ignore rules](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/blob/master/faq.md#overriding-the-underlying-default-ignore-rules).
 
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