From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 554851F453 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:29:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726128AbeJZWGJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:06:09 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f68.google.com ([209.85.208.68]:46674 "EHLO mail-ed1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726014AbeJZWGI (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:06:08 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f68.google.com with SMTP id v18-v6so1274114edq.13 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:29:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=86ulgkgVIxGOFbS3mms5/kLuzMueTZMLCbuwLa4gMVo=; b=CURfA8CjGjIfDnznjHL58pYhjmeNyVJCf15eAaZkG1dOlynWXJtiH87Sx02axDKk6t zKtuMRDq7TUz8witViv/s24AmqH1jrPE76nonlhGL9SlZoDQwJmUNdRGwu4dr9xJmyWX eDjkpFHwnvUyXq4cUGxbfO8Nt29j2G7TA6zKJ53DqVNT9cDRdxlee7GPBzYnU54NI6kQ XtfOtU/AHgs6FXpErs0fvagCNyKFtAdk9GB8axJ+StwTQKKIy+771ELvcbUadNLP233i 1ZPX+MZaViiz6/wuIZYWaW3V5EdACX/LmrJGVFv+MxOsCMxN8CiB/J3cUuZgw+4okhdi FIeQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=86ulgkgVIxGOFbS3mms5/kLuzMueTZMLCbuwLa4gMVo=; b=m+24Te/0GERDwDMWtq/D//liYWapSIj1VrztAh9Xji78Z8WzKKK/GVr8YLKeqPaYue IFBsca3HavE5JsfooBS13VHPbWHSYzfyl6faNlW4IxoYYqQtXppuID4aEaatsRumh7Cw jnaWc8BElEtfczQb5AUSdv7USaWU4Moy67qMZwLPk9edVDpgfhzEwZMjF+41V5H1jab0 lgErcKmLe893trTKWKs74Amq9QSq58G6X8oHzYpVreLIhPssXzxFjPg+kaOKuNzniV6B dtomXJOtbTdaJEOEnK4Xeoe7N/JO8GcYBrHmyxG5m75mjbOvqhLIyrc6Vtm9uS9H67DZ tMLA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gIIRDYsF69bYzjhgMVUxEDd2KMMso3jvGY6wZbhTZb5Z4eaW/j9 nYGSfbtkdmGouvIAJozrxJ4fbxUaqKp/Z1snUDY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5c0f7rHAfNDWpdNRI7WlKCQjYqb++WK7RC6SYkfkCNqR/CXwQAnLt/uKovhuP2totAbKRLdU1GZ/a2EtnUjL5Q= X-Received: by 2002:a50:9923:: with SMTP id k32-v6mr3074516edb.3.1540560541988; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:29:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201810251039388653199@163.com> <20181026093644.GA20876@sigill.intra.peff.net> <87tvl8lw5d.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87tvl8lw5d.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Rafael_Ascens=C3=A3o?= Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:28:25 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: the opposite of .gitignore, whitelist To: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= Cc: Jeff King , jason@lakedaemon.net, Junio C Hamano , lhf635@163.com, Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org One other option is to just use a pattern that matches everything, i.e: echo '*' > .gitignore And take advantage that ignore rules do not apply to tracked files. So instead of using an explicit .gitonly, you add files using: git add -f All files should be ignored except the ones that were forcibly added. If needed, git ls-files can be used to list either category. Cheers, Rafael Ascens=C3=A3o