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How to configure .gitignore to ignore all files except a certain directory
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MWE
In the terminal run:
mkdir mwe
cd mwe
mkdir dir
touch f1.txt f2.pdf dir/f1.txt dir/f2.pdf
git init .
Create a .gitignore with:
* # ignore all
!dir/ # except this directory
Problem
Git doesn't register this and all files are still ignored:
git status
But, a normal file pattern works:
* # ignore all
!f1.txt # except this file
Question
How do I configure my .gitignore to ignore all except a certain
directory?
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