Answer by DeanOC for git ignore exception
If you're working with Visual Studio and your .dll happens to be in a bin folder, then you'll need to add an exception for the particular bin folder itself, before you can add the exception for the...
View ArticleAnswer by Rosberg Linhares for git ignore exception
The solution depends on the relation between the git ignore rule and the exception rule: Files/Files at the same level: use the @Skilldrick solution. Folders/Subfolders: use the @Matiss Jurgelis...
View ArticleAnswer by Erfan for git ignore exception
Since Git 2.7.0 Git will take exceptions into account. From the official release notes: Allow a later "!/abc/def" to override an earlier "/abc" that appears in the same .gitignore file to make it...
View ArticleAnswer by Matiss Jurgelis for git ignore exception
Git ignores folders if you write: /js but it can't add exceptions if you do: !/js/jquery or !/js/jquery/ or !/js/jquery/* You must write: /js/* and only then you can except subfolders like this...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon Paarlberg for git ignore exception
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
View ArticleAnswer by Tobias Kienzler for git ignore exception
!foo.dll in .gitignore, or (every time!) git add -f foo.dll
View ArticleAnswer by Nils Riedemann for git ignore exception
You can simply git add -f path/to/foo.dll. .gitignore ignores only files for usual tracking and stuff like git add .
View ArticleAnswer by Skilldrick for git ignore exception
Use: *.dll #Exclude all dlls !foo.dll #Except for foo.dll From gitignore: An optional prefix ! which negates the pattern; any matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become included again. If...
View ArticleAnswer by Robert Munteanu for git ignore exception
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...
View Articlegit ignore exception
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?
View ArticleAnswer by Miladiouss for git ignore exception
This is how I do it, with a README.md file in each directory:/data/*!/data/README.md!/data/input//data/input/*!/data/input/README.md!/data/output//data/output/*!/data/output/README.md
View ArticleAnswer by Miladiouss for git ignore exception
If you have a directory and want to ignore everything with the exception of some files (e.g. *.py files), you can do:sub-dir/**/*.*!sub-dir/**/*.py
View ArticleAnswer by Aidin for git ignore exception
For Nested Folders, I came up with a solution based on Matiss's answer.Let's say I want to ignore everything in build/ directory (which is in /app). So I do:build/*However, if I want to exclude...
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