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Andrey
Andrey

Reputation: 143

.gitignore exclude folder unless it is in parent folder matching pattern

I have the following folders:

../A/A/bin/
../A/A.source/Bin/
../B/B/bin/
../B/B.source/Bin/

Folders that match pattern *.source/Bin/ ("../A/A.source/Bin/" "..B/B.source/Bin/") should not be ignored.

I've tried to achieve this by different ignore rules, but in all cases, it either ignores every bin folder and its content or ignore nothing at all. I've looked through gitignore Documentation, but to no avail.
How can I achieve that?

EDIT: I tried these rules:

# everything is ignored
bin
!*.source/bin 

bin/
!*.source/bin/

# everything is allowed
bin/*
!*.source/bin/* 

bin/
!*.source/bin/

bin/*.*
!*.source/bin/*.*

Upvotes: 1

Views: 672

Answers (1)

phd
phd

Reputation: 94417

As said in the docs:

If there is a separator at the beginning or middle (or both) of the pattern, then the pattern is relative to the directory level of the particular .gitignore file itself. Otherwise the pattern may also match at any level below the .gitignore level.

(Emphasize mine — phd)

This means the pattern !*.source/bin/ is only applied to the current directory but not subdirectories. To make the pattern works deeper in the directory hierarchy use **/. So your patterns should be:

bin/
!**/*.source/bin/

Upvotes: 3

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