How to gitignore all files folder in a folder but not the folder itself

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Possible Duplicate    How do I add an empty directory to a git repository       I want to check in a blank folder  How can I do this

User · Accepted Answer

You can t commit empty folders in git  If you want it to show up  you need to put something in it  even just an empty file  For example  add an empty file called  gitkeep to the folder you want to keep  then in your  gitignore file write    exclude everything somefolder      exception to the rule  somefolder  gitkeep   Commit your  gitignore and  gitkeep files and this should resolve your issue

User · Answer

Put this  gitignore into the folder  then git add  gitignore         gitignore  The   line tells git to ignore all files in the folder  but   gitignore tells git to still include the  gitignore file  This way  your local repository and any other clones of the repository all get both the empty folder and the  gitignore it needs  Edit  May be obvious but also add    to the  gitignore to also ignore subfolders

[git] How to .gitignore all files/folder in a folder, but not the folder itself?

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