What's the difference between Git ignoring directory and directory/*?

Question

I\'m confused about what\'s the correct way to ignore the contents of a directory in git.

Assume I have the following directory structure:

my_project         


        

Answer 1

To ignore everything in a directory except dotfiles you can use the following glob-pattern in your .gitignore:

www/[^.]*

So no need for an extra .gitignore, just simply add a .keep file to your www directory.