Easier way to not-ignore a specific deeply nested set of files-CodePudding

I have deeply nested files that I would like to include in source control and have git track them.

Example is:

Projects/
    .git/
    StrategicProject/
        SpecificProject1/
            Method1/
                doc/
                   *.tex
    .gitignore

In each of the various folders there are other files/folders that I would not like to track. I only want to track, say, all of the .tex files in Projects/StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/Method1/doc/

As of now, to accomplish this, I have in my .gitignore file:

StrategicProject/* # ignore everything under this, exceptions below
!StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/ # don't ignore this
StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/* # ignore everything under this, exceptions below
!StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/Method1/ # don't ignore this
StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/Method1/* # ignore everything under this, exceptions below
!StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/Method1/doc/ # don't ignore this
StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/Method1/doc/* # ignore everything under this, exceptions below
!StrategicProject/SpecificProject1/Method1/doc/*.tex # don't ignore this

The above works, but is prone to error when I create a new folder structure in my working directory. It is also quite cumbersome. To track one set of .tex files in a nested folder needs creation of 8 lines in the .gitignore file. A fellow-SO user created an web-app to ease this specific difficult activity. See here

While that app works fine for now, it only works over the web. More generally, is there a gui app, that works offline (without having to use the internet), that can take a look at my folder structure and allows me to check/uncheck boxes (as part of its user interface) corresponding to files/folders and based on that automatically generate the appropriate .gitignore file?

ETA:

I use VSCode's default Git interface. While that does provide option to right click on a file and add it to .gitignore, that is not what I would like. I would like to not ignore a specific deeply nested set of files. I am open to trying out other editors for this task.

CodePudding user response：

I find that the easy way to create .gitignore files is to use my editor to create files named .gitignore.