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Re: git ignore

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Dec 16, 2008, 22:53 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.LFD.2.00.0812161450010.14014@localhost.localdomain>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Max Power wrote:
> 
> So I understand how to use the .gitignore file to ignore specific
> files/directories that I put in there... is there a way to ignore everything
> BUT a given file extension? 
Something like
	*
	!*.jpg
to only save the jpegs in your pr0n collection?

The first rule says "ignore everything". The second one says "don't ignore *.jpg files".

Untested. 
		Linus
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  2. Linus TorvaldsDec 16, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2008
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