diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 1a06d27..1c28bc5 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ Or only for the current repository:
 $ git config changed.defaultBranch development
 #+end_src
 
+The value can be any revision. If your local ~main~ is older than the remote one, the tool also lists the files that changed on ~main~ after your local copy. To compare with the remote branch, set:
+
+#+begin_src bash
+$ git config changed.defaultBranch origin/main
+#+end_src
+
 *** Filtering files with glob pattern
 
 #+begin_src bash
diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index 12ec63a..cb876d5 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
+use git2::Commit;
 use git2::DiffDelta;
 use git2::ErrorCode;
 use git2::Oid;
@@ -70,15 +71,15 @@ fn default_branch(repo: &Repository) -> Result<String> {
 }
 
 fn committed_changes(repo: &Repository, base: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
-    let base_oid = find_commit_oid(repo, base)?;
-    let head_oid = find_commit_oid(repo, "HEAD")?;
+    let base_commit = find_commit(repo, base)?;
+    let head_commit = find_commit(repo, "HEAD")?;
 
     let merge_base_oid = repo
-        .merge_base(base_oid, head_oid)
+        .merge_base(base_commit.id(), head_commit.id())
         .with_context(|| format!("Cannot find a merge base of {base} and HEAD"))?;
 
     let old_tree = find_tree(repo, merge_base_oid)?;
-    let new_tree = find_tree(repo, head_oid)?;
+    let new_tree = head_commit.tree().context("Cannot find the tree of HEAD")?;
 
     let diff = repo
         .diff_tree_to_tree(Some(&old_tree), Some(&new_tree), None)
@@ -87,13 +88,10 @@ fn committed_changes(repo: &Repository, base: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     diff.deltas().map(changed_path).collect()
 }
 
-fn find_commit_oid(repo: &Repository, revision: &str) -> Result<Oid> {
-    let commit = repo
-        .revparse_single(revision)
+fn find_commit<'repo>(repo: &'repo Repository, revision: &str) -> Result<Commit<'repo>> {
+    repo.revparse_single(revision)
         .and_then(|object| object.peel_to_commit())
-        .with_context(|| format!("Cannot find the commit of {revision}"))?;
-
-    Ok(commit.id())
+        .with_context(|| format!("Cannot find the commit of {revision}"))
 }
 
 fn find_tree(repo: &Repository, oid: Oid) -> Result<Tree<'_>> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b5d25c1..4823f94 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use self::cli::Options;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
+use glob::MatchOptions;
 use std::env;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Write;
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ use std::process;
 mod cli;
 mod git;
 
+const SHELL_MATCH_OPTIONS: MatchOptions = MatchOptions {
+    case_sensitive: true,
+    require_literal_separator: true,
+    require_literal_leading_dot: false,
+};
+
 fn main() {
     let options = cli::get_options();
 
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ fn relative_path(file: &Path, directory: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 fn is_selected(file: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
-    if !options.glob.matches_path(file) {
+    if !options.glob.matches_path_with(file, SHELL_MATCH_OPTIONS) {
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/features/subdirectory.feature b/tests/features/subdirectory.feature
index e4d74e7..d8177a9 100644
--- a/tests/features/subdirectory.feature
+++ b/tests/features/subdirectory.feature
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Feature: Run the tool in a subdirectory
       main.rs
       """
 
+  Scenario: It does not match a file in another directory with a star
+    When the user executes the tool in "src" like: "git-changed *.md"
+    Then it succeeds with the following output
+      """
+      """
+
   Scenario: It finds the existing files from the subdirectory
     When the user executes the tool in "src" like: "git-changed -e ../*.md"
     Then it succeeds with the following output