gitignore - how do I ignore all files, except files with certain extension, anywhere in the repository?

Asked May 26 '23 at 08:09

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What should I put in .gitignore so that git ignores everything except JSON files (with file extension .json) anywhere in the repo (could be deep inside of some dir)?

I tried this, but it didn't work:

# Ignore everything
*

# But not .json files (including those in subdirectories)
!/**/*.json

asked May 26 '23 at 08:09

Teddy C

@Justinas Thanks for the link. I've tried both `!/**/*.json` and `!**/*.json` as suggested in that answer, but neither worked. – Teddy C May 26 '23 at 08:21
Unignore all directories: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50606028/7976758 – phd May 26 '23 at 08:35
@TeddyC I have personally tested with `*.* \ !*.json` – Justinas May 26 '23 at 08:40
I tried `*.*\n!*.json`, I wasn't sure if all jsons are tracked, but I found that some non-json files are tracked. – Teddy C May 26 '23 at 09:09

gitignore - how do I ignore all files, except files with certain extension, anywhere in the repository?

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