Allow only some files in subdirectories with .gitignore

Question

I have dir structure like this:

static
    admin
    ajax_upload
    books
    css
    font
    media
    robots.txt
templates
src
build
lib

I want to ignore following direcotories:

• lib
• build
• src
• static

I want to allow following:

• static/css/bootstrap-styled.css
• static/css/main.css
• static/css/font-*.css
• static/font
• static/media/default.png
• static/robots.txt
• templates

So I use the following .gitignore:

# Ignore
/lib
/src
/build
/static/*

# Allow
!/static/css/bootstrap-styled.css
!/static/css/main.css
!/static/css/font-*.css
!/static/font
!/static/media/default.png
!/static/robots.txt

But it doesn't work properly. Could you help me - what I do wrong here? TIA!

Details

Real project structure is like this:

static
    admin
        css
        img
        js
            admin
    ajax_upload
    books
    css
    font
    media
        uploads
            blog
            gallery
        default.png
    robots.txt
templates
src
build
lib

Answer 1

So, the .gitignore works for me is the following:

# Ignore
lib/
src/
build/
static/**/*

# Allow
!static/css/bootstrap-styled.css
!static/css/main.css
!static/css/font-*.css
!static/font/*
!static/media/default.png
!static/robots.txt