Clarified conflicting rules in multiple sections defined in the same .editorconfig file

Author: mipo256

index.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+..  Copyright (c) 2019--2025 EditorConfig Team
     All rights reserved.
 
     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -183,13 +184,8 @@ special characters for wildcard matching:
 If the glob contains a path separator (a ``/`` not inside square brackets), then the glob is relative
 to the directory level of the particular `.editorconfig` file itself.
 Otherwise the pattern may also match at any level below the `.editorconfig`
-level.
-
-Therefore, a leading slash is not relevant if there is already a slash in the middle of the pattern.
-Thus, the globs `/subdir/*.c` and `subdir/*.c` must yield the same result.
-
-For example, ``*.c`` matches any file that ends with ``.c`` in the
-directory of ``.editorconfig`` or any other directory below one that stores this ``.editorconfig``. 
+level. For example, ``*.c`` matches any file that ends with ``.c`` in the
+directory of ``.editorconfig`` or any other directory below one that stores this ``.editorconfig``.
 However, the glob ``subdir/*.c`` only matches files that end
 with ``.c`` in the ``subdir`` directory in the directory of ``.editorconfig``.
 
@@ -424,7 +420,4 @@ this specification.
 .. _plugin-tests repository: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-plugin-tests
 .. _Semantic Versioning 2.0.0: https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
 .. _specification repository: https://github.com/editorconfig/specification
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-.. _gitignore format: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format
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