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Ignore all subdirectories except one in .gitignore

I am trying to setup gitignore to exclude all subdirectories except for 2. I have included ~!~ for the two i want to include but Sourcetree does not pick it up.

Here is my relevant gitignore

# .gitignore
node_modules/
wp-content/plugins/
wp-content/upgrade/
!wp-content/plugins/export-tool
!wp-content/plugins/darwin_checkout_tracking

The two files were set to be included just not. Before they were excluded.

Solution

  • The /* is important, you must do:

    # .gitignore
node_modules/
wp-content/plugins/*
wp-content/upgrade/*
!wp-content/plugins/export-tool
!wp-content/plugins/darwin_checkout_tracking

    And it works