andilabs
Reputation: 23321
What is the exact impact of following content of `.gitignore` file in one of subdirectories?
What is the exact impact of the following content of .gitignore file in one of the subdirectories:
*
!.gitignore
Upvotes: 1
Views: 41
Answers (1)
Mureinik
Reputation: 311823
The * means "everything". ! is the negation operator. So basically, this means ignore everything except the .gitignore file. Or another words, ignore everything in this directory except the fact that you're ignoring everything.
Upvotes: 1
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