git status -> Show files that will be added (staged) in subdirectories

Question

Say I start a git repository in a folder, and I have several subdirectories in it.

I have several globbing patterns .gitignore to exclude files in the s

Answer 1

How about putting a .gitignore file in your sub directories instead along the line of

# Ignore everything in this directory
*
# Except these file
!.gitignore
!file1
!file2
!file3