Git Won't Un-Ignore a Directory

Question

I\'d like to only track certain directories in git in a larger project, where most directories will be excluded and only a few will be tracked. So, I wanted to use

Answer 1

In case none of the above works try this variation inside .gitignore

Not working for me:
!build/**/*
Working for me:
!build**/*

For some reason this was the only way it worked for me.