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;doc: include: mention glob pattern's dot limitation and the --old-glob flag

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@ -2540,15 +2540,16 @@ So, you can do
- `include **.journal` to include all other journal files in this directory and below (excluding dot directories/files)
- `include timelogs/2???.timedot` to include all timedot files named like a year number.
There is a limitation: hledger's globs always exclude paths involving dot files or dot directories.
This is a workaround for unavoidable dot directory traversal;
you can disable it and revert to older behaviour with the `--old-glob` flag, for now.
If you are using many, or deeply nested, include files, and have an error that's hard to pinpoint:
a good troubleshooting command is `hledger files --debug=6` (or 7).
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## `P` directive
The `P` directive declares a market price, which is