From: Nick Douma <n.douma@nekoconeko.nl>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:37:28 GMT
Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files
Message-ID: <50052448.5060407@nekoconeko.nl>
In-Reply-To: <5000334C.5030505@modusfx.com>

Hoi,

On 13-07-12 16:40, Yves Perron wrote:
> I'm wondering how to commit only selected files/folders on GIT, if even
> possible. Note, the ignore list is not a good option for me as I'd like
> to add a few files in a folder that contains many hundreds for instance.
> 
> Basically, I'm looking for a way to say, don't share anything but those
> files.

I would use a .gitignore with something like:

cat <<EOF > .gitignore
# Ignore everything
*
# Except
!/.gitignore
!/path/to/file/1
!/path/to/file/2
EOF

Only the two specified files and the .gitignore file should be shown in
`git status` now.

Kind regards,

Nick Douma