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How to git init specific file or folder excluding all other files or folder in the same directory?

I have a directory containing lots of files and folders , when I run git init after going inside it then it will init all files and folder in that folder, but I want to know if there is a git way of adding only specific files and folder to that git init.

Solution

  • You'll find the need operations described in https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorial.html

    here is a few lines of code that might give you a picture of how to approach your need:

    import os
from git import Repo

gitPath="%s/.git" % path
if not os.path.isdir(gitPath):
  print("initializing git repository ...")
  repo=Repo.init(path)
  repo.index.add(...) # add you files and directories here as needed
else:
  repo=Repo(path)