I know there is a lot of questions like this, but no one solved my problem. I want something very simple - ignore all files and folders under specific folder except one file. This is what I try:
#Ignore
public/typings/*
#Allow
!public/typings/browser/ambient/jquery/jquery.d.ts
...but the file is still ignored.
Any suggestions?
I've been struggling a lot with this subject, let me share a procedure that worked for me:
1) Add the top level folder "abc/" to your .gitignore 2) Let's say that in "abc/" you have also "def/" and "jkl/" folders. If you want to keep the contents of "jkl/" you can just do:
git add -f jkl/*.php
Ok! Now everything inside "jkl/" with .php extension will be tracked by git, even in the next commits, without any headaches!
I've found this to be the right solution for my case, because I was really going insane trying to understand how gitignore does scan files and directories.