How can I ignore all files except those with a certain extension in git?

Question

I need to ignore all files except those ending in .php, .css, .html or .js.

This is what I have in my .gitignore file for now:

*
!.php
!/*.php
!*.php

It does ignore everything, but only permits .php files in root directory, while hiding all the rest.

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '12 at 00:34

40

*
!*/
!*.php
!*.css
!*.html
!*.js

answered Jan 29 '12 at 00:34

Fivell

16

Remember to add !.gitignore – palazzo train Sep 27 '14 at 04:23
6

This doesn't work as intended because it will track *all* files under directories, not just those of the desired extensions – jmborr Dec 11 '16 at 23:15
As @jmborr says: this doesn't work as intended at all. – Racso Jul 19 '18 at 14:08
1

The key is `!*/`. Otherwise it ignores everything. – Mark Dec 24 '19 at 09:24

quin · Answer 2 · 2019-07-03T09:20:21.607

2

For those, who would like to include file extensions which are located in subdirs like @jmborr and @Racso

# .gitignore for excluding all but certain files in certain subdirs

*
!*.cfg
!/**/
!certain/subdir/i_want_to_include/*.cfg

when you exclude everything ('*'), you have to white-list folders ('/**/'), before being able to white-list files.

edited Jul 03 '19 at 09:20

answered Jul 03 '19 at 07:53

quin

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