diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c043455..aa443c9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ Bug fixes:
 - Fix documentation on `pathspec.pattern.RegexPattern.match_file()`.
 - `Issue #60`_: Remove redundant wheel dep from pyproject.toml.
 - `Issue #61`_: Dist failure for Fedora, CentOS, EPEL.
+- `Issue #62`_: Since version 0.10.0 pure wildcard does not work in some cases.
 
 
 .. _`Issue #60`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/pull/60
 .. _`Issue #61`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/issues/61
+.. _`Issue #62`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/issues/62
 
 
 0.10.0 (2022-08-30)
diff --git a/pathspec/_meta.py b/pathspec/_meta.py
index 95a6e26..799b316 100644
--- a/pathspec/_meta.py
+++ b/pathspec/_meta.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 	"ichard26 <https://github.com/ichard26>",
 	"jack1142 <https://github.com/jack1142>",
 	"mgorny <https://github.com/mgorny>",
+	"bzakdd <https://github.com/bzakdd>",
 ]
 __license__ = "MPL 2.0"
 __version__ = "0.10.1.dev1"
diff --git a/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py b/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py
index a7d8869..c6b6fb7 100644
--- a/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py
+++ b/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class GitWildMatchPattern(RegexPattern):
 	def pattern_to_regex(
 		cls,
 		pattern: AnyStr,
-	) -> Tuple[Optional[AnyStr], Optional[bool]]:  # TODO: Change to NamedTuple
+	) -> Tuple[Optional[AnyStr], Optional[bool]]:
 		"""
 		Convert the pattern into a regular expression.
 
@@ -143,14 +143,6 @@ def pattern_to_regex(
 				# all. This must be because the pattern is invalid.
 				raise GitWildMatchPatternError(f"Invalid git pattern: {original_pattern!r}")
 
-			if pattern_segs[-1] == '*' and len(pattern_segs) > 1:
-				# A pattern ending with "/*" should match all descendant paths
-				# of the directory, not just direct children. This is equivalent
-				# to "{pattern}/**". This behavior of git contradicts its
-				# documentation. So, set last segment to a double-asterisk to
-				# include all descendants.
-				pattern_segs[-1] = '**'
-
 			if not pattern_segs[-1] and len(pattern_segs) > 1:
 				# A pattern ending with a slash ('/') will match all descendant
 				# paths if it is a directory but not if it is a regular file.
@@ -188,7 +180,15 @@ def pattern_to_regex(
 						# Match single path segment.
 						if need_slash:
 							output.append('/')
+
 						output.append('[^/]+')
+
+						if i == end:
+							# A pattern ending without a slash ('/') will match a file
+							# or a directory (with paths underneath it). E.g., "foo"
+							# matches "foo", "foo/bar", "foo/bar/baz", etc.
+							output.append('(?:(?P<ps_d>/).*)?')
+
 						need_slash = True
 
 					else:
diff --git a/tests/test_gitignore.py b/tests/test_gitignore.py
index 75dba79..04902d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_gitignore.py
+++ b/tests/test_gitignore.py
@@ -294,3 +294,20 @@ def test_03_issue_19_c(self):
 			'dirD/fileE',
 			'dirD/fileF',
 		})
+
+	def test_04_issue_62(self):
+		"""
+		Test including all files and excluding a directory.
+		"""
+		spec = GitIgnoreSpec.from_lines([
+			'*',
+			'!product_dir/',
+		])
+		results = set(spec.match_files([
+			'anydir/file.txt',
+			'product_dir/file.txt',
+		]))
+		self.assertEqual(results, {
+			'anydir/file.txt',
+			'product_dir/file.txt',
+		})
diff --git a/tests/test_gitwildmatch.py b/tests/test_gitwildmatch.py
index 46f4155..8563d95 100644
--- a/tests/test_gitwildmatch.py
+++ b/tests/test_gitwildmatch.py
@@ -705,3 +705,48 @@ def test_11_match_sub_directory_3(self):
 			'dirG/dirH/fileJ',
 			'dirG/fileO',
 		})
+
+	def test_12_asterisk_1_regex(self):
+		"""
+		Test a relative asterisk path pattern's regular expression.
+		"""
+		regex, include = GitWildMatchPattern.pattern_to_regex('*')
+		self.assertTrue(include)
+		self.assertEqual(regex, f'^(?:.+/)?[^/]+{RE_SUB}$')
+
+	def test_12_asterisk_2_regex_equivalent(self):
+		"""
+		Test a path pattern equivalent to the relative asterisk using double
+		asterisk.
+		"""
+		regex, include = GitWildMatchPattern.pattern_to_regex('*')
+		self.assertTrue(include)
+
+		equiv_regex, include = GitWildMatchPattern.pattern_to_regex('**/*')
+		self.assertTrue(include)
+
+		self.assertEqual(regex, equiv_regex)
+
+	def test_12_asterisk_3_child(self):
+		"""
+		Test a relative asterisk path pattern matching a direct child path.
+		"""
+		pattern = GitWildMatchPattern('*')
+		results = set(filter(pattern.match_file, [
+			'file.txt',
+		]))
+		self.assertEqual(results, {
+			'file.txt',
+		})
+
+	def test_12_asterisk_4_descendant(self):
+		"""
+		Test a relative asterisk path pattern matching a descendant path.
+		"""
+		pattern = GitWildMatchPattern('*')
+		results = set(filter(pattern.match_file, [
+			'anydir/file.txt',
+		]))
+		self.assertEqual(results, {
+			'anydir/file.txt',
+		})
diff --git a/tests/test_pathspec.py b/tests/test_pathspec.py
index 4ff59e5..cb6c476 100644
--- a/tests/test_pathspec.py
+++ b/tests/test_pathspec.py
@@ -521,3 +521,19 @@ def test_06_issue_41_c(self):
 			'dir/file.sql',
 			'dir/index.txt',
 		})
+
+	def test_07_issue_62(self):
+		"""
+		Test including all files and excluding a directory.
+		"""
+		spec = PathSpec.from_lines('gitwildmatch', [
+			'*',
+			'!product_dir/',
+		])
+		results = set(spec.match_files([
+			'anydir/file.txt',
+			'product_dir/file.txt'
+		]))
+		self.assertEqual(results, {
+			'anydir/file.txt',
+		})