I have verified that
npx github:ember-codemods/es5-getter-ember-codemod es5-getter-ember-codemod app/**/.js
does not pick up .js files at all levels of the file tree. It seems to act like app/*/*.js instead.
npx github:ember-codemods/es5-getter-ember-codemod es5-getter-ember-codemod app/**/**/.js
Picks up a different set of files.
However
npx github:ember-codemods/es5-getter-ember-codemod es5-getter-ember-codemod app/
does pick everything up.