I was confused by the double-asterisk syntax in the glob. I figured it couldn't hurt to unobtrusively document what the format is.
## The `exclude` and `include` Fields (optional)
-You can explicitly specify to Cargo that a set of globs should be ignored or
+You can explicitly specify to Cargo that a set of [globs][globs] should be ignored or
included for the purposes of packaging and rebuilding a package. The globs
specified in the `exclude` field identify a set of files that are not included
when a package is published as well as ignored for the purposes of detecting
`exclude`. Note that `include` must be an exhaustive list of files as otherwise
necessary source files may not be included.
+[globs]: http://doc.rust-lang.org/glob/glob/struct.Pattern.html
+
## Package metadata
There are a number of optional metadata fields also accepted under the