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Asked: May 22, 20262026-05-22T15:26:04+00:00 2026-05-22T15:26:04+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Make .gitignore ignore everything except a few files Is it possible to

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Is it possible to let git ignore all files by default, unless specified in a special file?

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    2026-05-22T15:26:05+00:00Added an answer on May 22, 2026 at 3:26 pm

    You can include !-lines to whitelist files: a .gitignore with:

    *
    !included/
    

    will exclude all, but the ‘included/’ directory

    Note that if you want files matching a pattern to be un-ignored, in subdirectories, you will need to prevent the containing directories from getting ignored too. This should not pose a large problem, since git doesn’t actually track directories, only files (identified by a repository path).

    Example:

    *
    !*/
    !SOURCES
    

    will ignore everything, except SOURCES in subdirectories.

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