Stop playing gitignore whack-a-mole! This gitignore approach excludes everything except for what we want to track.
From: https://www.billerickson.net/code/sample-gitignore/
Note the update to line 2 to include a slash before **. That is critical. See: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
| # Blacklist files/folders in same directory as the .gitignore file | |
| /** | |
| # Whitelist some files | |
| !.gitignore | |
| !wp-content/ | |
| wp-content/** | |
| !wp-content/themes/ | |
| wp-content/themes/** | |
| !wp-content/plugins/ | |
| wp-content/plugins/** | |
| # Track active themes # | |
| !wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child/ | |
| !wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child/** | |
| !wp-content/themes/decker-new-book/ | |
| !wp-content/themes/decker-new-book/** | |
| # Ignore _old directory # | |
| wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child/_old | |
| wp-content/themes/decker-new-book/_old | |
| # Track WooCommerce # | |
| !wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/ | |
| !wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/** | |
| # Ignore system-generated files and images # | |
| .DS_Store | |
| Icon* | |
| *.png | |
| *.jpg | |
| *.gif | |
| # Ignore everything # | |
| /** | |
| !wp-content/ | |
| wp-content/** | |
| !wp-content/themes/ | |
| !wp-content/plugins/ | |
| wp-content/themes/** | |
| wp-content/plugins/** | |
| # Add two rules for each Theme or Plugin you want to include: | |
| # 1. !folder-name/ <-- includes the Plugin and top level files | |
| # 2. !folder-name/** <-- includes the Plugin and sub level files recursively, except for the "Ignore some other system generated files" rules below | |
| ############################### | |
| # Start editing! | |
| # Theme | |
| !wp-content/themes/my-custom-theme/ | |
| !wp-content/themes/my-custom-theme/** | |
| # Functionality Plugin | |
| !wp-content/plugins/core-functionality/ | |
| !wp-content/plugins/core-functionality/** | |
| # Stop editing! | |
| ############################################ | |
| # Ignore some other system generated files # | |
| ############################################ | |
| *.com | |
| *.class | |
| *.dll | |
| *.exe | |
| *.o | |
| *.so | |
| *.7z | |
| *.dmg | |
| *.gz | |
| *.iso | |
| *.jar | |
| *.rar | |
| *.tar | |
| *.log | |
| *.sql | |
| *.sqlite | |
| .DS_Store | |
| ._* | |
| .Spotlight-V100 | |
| .Trashes | |
| ehthumbs.db | |
| Thumbs.db | |
| .codekit-cache | |
| .sass-cache | |
| # Sublime | |
| *.sublime-project | |
| *.sublime-workspace | |
| # PhpStorm | |
| .idea/ | |
| # Always include the build script # | |
| ################################### | |
| !build.sh | |
| !README.md | |
| !CHANGELOG.md |
| # Blacklist files/folders in same directory as the .gitignore file | |
| /** | |
| # Whitelist some files | |
| !.gitignore | |
| !wp-content/ | |
| wp-content/** | |
| !wp-content/themes/ | |
| wp-content/themes/** | |
| # Track active theme # | |
| !wp-content/themes/red_underscores/ | |
| !wp-content/themes/red_underscores/** | |
| # Ignore system-generated files # | |
| .DS_Store | |
| Icon* |