how to include a sub directory in a excluded directory in gitignore file?

Question

For my XPages application I have set a .gitignore file to exclude the directory where my javascript modules are installed via this definition:

ODP/WebContent

In that same WebContent folder I have a sub-directory WEB-INF with sub-directories that I want to include for SCM.

How can I do this?

Possible duplicate of [.gitignore exclude folder but include specific subfolder](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5533050/gitignore-exclude-folder-but-include-specific-subfolder) — phd, Jun 27 '19 at 16:12
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgitignore%5D+unignore+subdirectory — phd, Jun 27 '19 at 16:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '19 at 15:02

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I tend to use this:

# Ignore ODP/WebContent folder
ODP/WebContent/*
# But include the java files
!ODP/WebContent/WEB-INF/

answered Jun 27 '19 at 15:02

Patrick Kwinten

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