It seems ! only works if the file is in the same folder. A possible workaround would be to nest the same statement till you get to your final file. A bit messy, but it works. public/typings/* !public/typings/browser public/typings/browser/* !public/typings/browser/ambient public/typings/browser/ambient/* !public/typings/browser/ambient/jquery public/typings/browser/ambient/jquery/* !public/typings/browser/ambient/jquery/jquery.d.ts
So, the .gitignore works for me is the following: # Ignore lib/ src/ build/ static/**/* # Allow !static/css/bootstrap-styled.css !static/css/main.css !static/css/font-*.css !static/font/* !static/media/default.png !static/robots.txt
git config –global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
This depends on the behavior of your shell. Git doesn’t do any work to determine how to expand these. In general, * matches any single file or folder: /a/*/z matches /a/b/z matches /a/c/z doesn’t match /a/b/c/z ** matches any string of folders: /a/**/z matches /a/b/z matches /a/b/c/z matches /a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/z doesn’t match /a/b/c/z/d.pr0n Combine ** with … Read more