.gitignore NuGet exclude packages/ include packages/repositories.config

Question

I\'m trying to create a .gitignore for a Visual Studio project that uses NuGet. It currently contains:

\\packages/*
!packages/repositories.config

Answer 1

/packages/
!packages/repositories.config

You can also add a .gitignore in the packages folder:

*
!repositories.config
!.gitignore