Include generally excluded file from specific folder

Question

In my project, I have generated files Widget.js in project subfolders, so I git-ignore them with this rule:

widgets/*/Widget.js

so it ignores files like:

widgets/ignore_1/Widget.js
widgets/ignore_2/Widget.js

But now, in one specific folder, I want to include this file to repository. E.g.: file

widgets/include_1/Widget.js

should be included.

Is there any possibility to set the rules as I need?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '17 at 15:09

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Use ! to add this file again https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format.

Just add

!widgets/include_1/Widget.js

after

 widgets/*/Widget.js

answered Jun 01 '17 at 15:09

Alex Lyalka

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '17 at 15:22

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First unignore the direcory and then the file in your .gitignore:

widgets/*/Widget.js
!widgets/include_1/
!widgets/include_1/Widget.js

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/5285539/7976758

answered Jun 01 '17 at 15:22

phd

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 02 '17 at 05:11

If it is only the single file, it might be easier to just force add the file and not touch the .gitignore rules at all. .gitignore only works on untracked files, so once you add the file once, it will remain tracked:

git add -f widgets/include_1/Widget.js

Documentation:

-f

--force

Allow adding otherwise ignored files.

Include generally excluded file from specific folder

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