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<p><code>.gitignore</code></p>
<div><figure><figcaption></figcaption><pre data-language="bash"><code><div><p><span># Ignore all file in a directory</span></p></div><div><p><span>directory/*</span></p></div><div><p><span># Keep only this file</span></p></div><div><p><span>!</span><span>directory/file-to-keep.ext</span></p></div></code></pre></figure></div><div><p><span>react to this snippet</span></p></div></article></div></main></div></div>


	

README.mdAstrogitignore-ignore-directory-keep-1-file.mdx~/leohuynh.dev/gists/gitignore-ignore-directory-keep-1-fileAugust 27, 2021·–– views#git#gitignoreKeep 1 file and ignore others in a directory
.gitignore
# Ignore all file in a directorydirectory/*# Keep only this file!directory/file-to-keep.extreact to this snippet

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