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Asked: 2026-06-14T09:22:41+00:00

I created a repository for my home folder. This is my .gitignore file: !.vim/plugin/*

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I created a repository for my home folder. This is my .gitignore file:

!.vim/plugin/*
!.vim/doc/*
.*
*
.viminfo
.vim/.netrwhist
.vim-fuf-data/file/stats
bin/dwm/dwm

So when I create a new file inside .vim/plugin I expected that after git status this file was shown, but no..why?

EDIT: after a pair of answers I changed the position of inverse ignoring lines this way below, but the problems is the same: the new files I create inside the .vim/plugin folder are not shown after git status..

.*
*
.viminfo
.vim/.netrwhist
.vim-fuf-data/file/stats
bin/dwm/dwm
!.vim/plugin/*
!.vim/doc/*
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  1. Editorial Team

    In line 4 you’re ignoring everything with *. This overrides the previous negating pattern. From the man page:

    within one level of precedence, the last matching pattern decides the
    outcome

    Where “level of precedence” means different sources for ignore patterns like .gitignore and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.

    If you want to ignore everything but the patterns beginning with ! you should move the * to the beginning of .gitignore

    Edit

    I found a solution with the help of another question on SO:

    *
!*/
!.vim/plugin/*
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