Allow only some files in subdirectories with .gitignore

gitignore

Solution

So, the .gitignore works for me is the following:

# Ignore
lib/
src/
build/
static/**/*

# Allow
!static/css/bootstrap-styled.css
!static/css/main.css
!static/css/font-*.css
!static/font/*
!static/media/default.png
!static/robots.txt

Problem

I have dir structure like this: ``` static admin ajax_upload books css font media robots.txt templates src build lib ``` I want to ignore following direcotories: - lib - build - src - static I want to allow following: - static/css/bootstrap-styled.css - static/css/main.css - static/css/font-*.css - static/font - static/media/default.png - static/robots.txt - templates So I use the following .gitignore: ``` # Ignore /lib /src /build /static/* # Allow !/static/css/bootstrap-styled.css !/static/css/main.css !/static/css/font-*.css !/static/font !/static/media/default.png !/static/robots.txt ``` But it doesn't work properly. Could you help me - what I do wrong here? TIA! Details Real project structure is like this: ``` static admin css img js admin ajax_upload books css font media uploads blog gallery default.png robots.txt templates src build lib ```

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