How can I ignore everything except two directories (nested)?

Question

Here is my root which git is installed there:

htdocs/
    .git
    xampp
    test
    myweb
    myweb_dependencies
    onOtherProject
    php_info.php
    .gitignore

Also here is the content of .gitignore:

# Ignore everything
*

# But not these files
!myweb
!myweb_dependencies

What I want to do is ignoring everything except these two directories: myweb and myweb_dependencies.

The problem is: apparently the content of .gitignore is wrong, because it doesn't track changes into myweb directory. How can I fix it?

Possible duplicate of [How do I tell Git to ignore everything except a subdirectory?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1248570/how-do-i-tell-git-to-ignore-everything-except-a-subdirectory) — Bless, Feb 27 '18 at 16:44
@Martin AJ can you try appending a `/` to your "But not these files"? — Tyler, Feb 27 '18 at 16:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '18 at 16:48

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It should be like this:

# Ignore everything
/*
/*/

# But not these files
!/myweb/
!/myweb_dependencies/

answered Feb 27 '18 at 16:48

Martin AJ

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