I have a .gitignore file in root directory

# Ignore everything in this directory
*
# Except this file
!.gitignore
!portal
!app.js
!node_modules
!README.md

All exceptions are working except for portal. I added portal later to this file (It wasn't there from the beginning). But git add . doesn't add that folder and its content. What is the problem?

CodePudding user response：

Git ignore patterns are recursive by default, so * matches not just files in the root directory, but also files in subdirectories. To have rules apply only to the current directory you'll want to prepend /.

# Ignore everything in this directory
/*
# Except this file
!/.gitignore
!/portal
!/app.js
!/node_modules
!/README.md

Tip: git check-ignore is a handy tool to have on hand when you're having trouble with your .gitignore rules. It can tell you what files are being excluded and, with the -v option, the origin of the exclusion rules.