diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 1025021d..14d39f99 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Add 'tide/merge-method-squash' to ALL pull requestsL
+# https://github.com/actions/labeler/issues/28#issuecomment-552362351
 tide/merge-method-squash:
-  - *
+  - '**'      # all files
+  - '.*'      # all dot files
+  - '.*/**'   # all dot folders