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git ignore exception

Asked 2010-07-08T11:54:13.293
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I have a gitignore file that makes git ignore *.dll files, and that is actually the behavior I want. However, if I want an exception ( i.e. to be able to commit foo.dll), how can I achieve this?

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To exclude everything in a directory, but some sub-directories, do the following:

wp-content/*
!wp-content/plugins/
!wp-content/themes/

Source: https://gist.github.com/444295

answered 2012-05-03T17:13:08.980
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Just add ! before an exclusion rule.

According to the gitignore man page:

Patterns have the following format:

...

  • An optional prefix ! which negates the pattern; any matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence patterns sources.
answered 2010-07-08T11:55:05.993

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