From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:53:07 GMT
Subject: Re: git ignore
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812161450010.14014@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <21043430.post@talk.nabble.com>



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