# Don't share anything but those files 8 messages from 2012-07-13 to 2012-07-16. Participants: Yves Perron, Edward Toroshchin, Taylor Hedberg, Illia Bobyr. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31017 ## Yves Perron, 2012-07-13 14:59 Subject: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <500037EB.5030408@modusfx.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/500037EB.5030408%40modusfx.com ``` Greetings everyone, 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. thx ``` ## Edward Toroshchin, 2012-07-13 15:21 Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <20120713152127.GC17521@phobos.chilli.itwm.local> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120713152127.GC17521%40phobos.chilli.itwm.local In-Reply-To: <500037EB.5030408@modusfx.com> ``` On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:59:55AM -0400, Yves Perron wrote: > I'm wondering how to commit only selected files/folders on GIT, if even > possible. Just "git add" only the files you need. If you want git to ignore all the rest, you can write '*' in your .gitignore -- Edward "Hades" Toroshchin dr_lepper on irc.freenode.org ``` ## Edward Toroshchin, 2012-07-13 16:14 Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <20120713161432.GA8770@phobos> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120713161432.GA8770%40phobos In-Reply-To: <50004048.9060203@modusfx.com> ``` On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35:36AM -0400, Yves Perron wrote: > Oh I see, thank you for your response, > > Can I put all the folders/files I want to add in a config file so I > don't have to do this every time? > > Thx > You won't have to do this every time. Once you add a file and commit it, git will track it in the future. -- Edward "Hades" Toroshchin dr_lepper on irc.freenode.org ``` ## Yves Perron, 2012-07-13 17:40 Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <50005DA8.5020803@modusfx.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/50005DA8.5020803%40modusfx.com In-Reply-To: <20120713161432.GA8770@phobos> ``` Ok, let me rephrase, is there a way to edit a file where we can put every files/folders we need to add without the need of entering a command for each entry? On 7/13/2012 12:14 PM, Edward Toroshchin wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35:36AM -0400, Yves Perron wrote: >> Oh I see, thank you for your response, >> >> Can I put all the folders/files I want to add in a config file so I >> don't have to do this every time? >> >> Thx >> > You won't have to do this every time. Once you add a file and commit it, > git will track it in the future. > -- ``` ## Taylor Hedberg, 2012-07-13 17:53 Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <20120713175306.GB30723@euporie> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120713175306.GB30723%40euporie In-Reply-To: <50005DA8.5020803@modusfx.com> ``` Yves Perron, Fri 2012-07-13 @ 13:40:56-0400: > Ok, let me rephrase, is there a way to edit a file where we can put > every files/folders we need to add without the need of entering a > command for each entry? Sure, but you don't need functionality built in to Git to do this. Just list the paths you want to add in a file and then: xargs git add URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5000640F.40609%40blizzard.com In-Reply-To: <20120713152127.GC17521@phobos.chilli.itwm.local> ``` On 7/13/2012 8:21 AM, Edward Toroshchin wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:59:55AM -0400, Yves Perron wrote: >> I'm wondering how to commit only selected files/folders on GIT, if even >> possible. > Just "git add" only the files you need. > > If you want git to ignore all the rest, you can write '*' in your > .gitignore As an alternative, you may be able to use negative patterns in your .gitignore or other ignore files. Like this: * !.gitignore !a_file_that_should_be_tracked !a_dir_to_track/ See "git help ignore" for more details. Illia Bobyr ``` ## Yves Perron, 2012-07-13 18:19 Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <500066C9.4000600@modusfx.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/500066C9.4000600%40modusfx.com In-Reply-To: <5000640F.40609@blizzard.com> ``` On 7/13/2012 2:08 PM, Illia Bobyr wrote: > * > !.gitignore > !a_file_that_should_be_tracked > !a_dir_to_track/ That is exactly what i was hoping for, thank you everyone! -- ``` ## Yves Perron, 2012-07-16 14:26 Subject: Re: Don't share anything but those files Message-ID: <500424AC.3060700@modusfx.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/500424AC.3060700%40modusfx.com In-Reply-To: <500066C9.4000600@modusfx.com> ``` Greetings everyone, After investigation, the solution turns out to solve the problem partially. What is does is it update any existing files/folders already present but does not actually add new ones. So my question is, could the content of "what to add" be edited directly? Where is the actual registry of added files/folders to synchronize if any? > On 7/13/2012 2:08 PM, Illia Bobyr wrote: >> * >> !.gitignore >> !a_file_that_should_be_tracked >> !a_dir_to_track/ > > That is exactly what i was hoping for, > > thank you everyone! -- ```