How to ignore one file in gitignore while unignoring its parent folder

Question

I want to ignore everything in my project except for

1. .gitignore file
2. Assets folder
3. ProjectSettings folder

Additionally I want to ignore one file ProjectSettings/ProjectSettings.asset

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I searched around and wrote this in my gitignore file:

# Ignore Everything
/*

# Except for these:
!/.gitignore
!/Assets
!/ProjectSettings

# Ignore just ProjectSettings
!/ProjectSettings/*
/ProjectSettings/ProjectSettings.asset

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The problem is it is still including ProjectSettings/ProjectSettings.asset in my commits. How can I ignore this file while un-ignoring its parent folder?

Answer 1

Try Removing the file from git chached:

$ git rm --cached ProjectSettings/ProjectSettings.asset