Exclude subfolders but keep files

Question

I'm trying to make a .gitignore

I have a directory like :

.
folder
folder/readme.txt
folder/xxx.txt
folder/sub1
folder/sub2

I don't know the name/amount of files or subfolders in folder/

I'd like to make a rule that ignore all subfolders in folder/ but that keep all the files folder/file.smthg so I can only see :

.
folder
folder/readme.txt
folder/xxx.txt

Possible duplicate of [Make .gitignore ignore everything except a few files](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/987142/make-gitignore-ignore-everything-except-a-few-files) — hrust, Nov 13 '15 at 11:07
@Synaps I don't think it is, as I explained in the answer `I don't know the name/amount of files or subfolders in folder/` therefore I cannot make a rule that exclude them from the ignoring pattern, as the answers suggest in the question you linked — IggY, Nov 13 '15 at 11:08
Possible duplicate : http://stackoverflow.com/a/987162/4088809 — Tahar Bakir, Nov 13 '15 at 11:10
I recommend not to use the first answer suggested by Synaps, because you may run into this [issue](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33189437/explain-gitignore-pattern-matching/33190653#33190653), instead, I suggest go with this [pattern](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16318111/1699979) in the same question. — rajuGT, Nov 13 '15 at 11:10
@TaharBakir : please refer to the comment I done above yours — IggY, Nov 13 '15 at 11:10
@rajuGT : please refer to my first comment, this question is not a duplicate of the one linked by Synaps or rajuGT — IggY, Nov 13 '15 at 11:12

Holloway · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-13T11:14:08.330

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Exclude folders using */

So your gitignore could be something like this

folder/*/

edited Nov 13 '15 at 11:14

answered Nov 13 '15 at 11:08

Holloway

It works :) I'll accept the answer when I'll be back from lunch ;) – IggY Nov 13 '15 at 11:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 11:10

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Maybe you can use Wildcards?

    folder/*/*

You can also use the double wildcard (**) to match all level of subdirectories :

    **/folder/test/

answered Nov 13 '15 at 11:10

Vlu

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