An optional prefix ! which negates the pattern; any matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence patterns sources.
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# Ignore everything *
# But not these files... !.gitignore !script.pl !template.latex # etc...
# ...even if they are in subdirectories !*/
# if the files to be tracked are in subdirectories !*/a/b/file1.txt !*/a/b/c/*
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> An optional prefix `!` which negates the pattern; any matching file excluded by > a previous pattern will become included again. If a negated pattern matches, > this will override lower precedence patterns sources.
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# Ignore everything * # But not these files... !.gitignore !script.pl !template.latex # etc...
# ...even if they are in subdirectories !*/ # if the files to be tracked are in subdirectories !*/a/b/file1.txt !*/a/b/c/*