Gitignore how to exclude everything except folder and file with may?

Question

git

I currently have this in gitignore:

/tests/*
!/tests/admin

those. we exclude everything from the tests folder, except for the admin folder, everything works.

Now I needed to additionally exclude some files from the index prohibition by mask.

/tests/*
!/tests/admin
!/tests/services/serv_*

those. all files that start with serv_ from the /tests/services/ directory should also be indexed.

But it doesn't work. I write git status, the result does not change.

how to do it right? Or maybe something additionally needs to be done in the git? clear any cache?

Answer 1

You need to add the parent folder to the exclusions too
!/tests/services

Answer 2

Like so

/tests/*
!/tests/admin
!/tests/services
/tests/services/*
!/tests/services/serv_*