More with .gitignore

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.gitignore file is used for ignoring files and  directory. We use regular expression for it. But we can use it for more than that. We can use it for allowing a certain type of files or folder.

Here are some examples:

  • To ignore any file (absolute path and relative path both works). 
/fol/desktop.ini
fol/desktop.ini
  • To ignore any directory. Relative path fol/ will ignore folder recusively in subdirectory also, while /fol/ will only ignore directory resides in root directory.
/fol/
fol/
  • To ignore any specific file extension
*.ini
  • To ignore everything. Absolutely there is no point in doing this. Wait for its usage.
*
  • To ignore everything but not a certain file. The ! (not) is used to save certain files from being ignored.
*
!.gitignore
  • To ignore everything but not a certain directory.
*
!fol/
  • To ignore everything but not directory
*
!*/
  • To ignore everything but not certain file type in all directory
*
!*/
!*.java


Sources:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8024924/gitignore-ignore-all-files-then-recursively-allow-foo
https://gist.github.com/hieblmedia/9318457

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