# ignore everything in the root except the "wp-content" directory. !wp-content/ wp-settings.php # ignore everything in the "wp-content" directory, except: # "mu-plugins", "plugins", "themes" directory wp-content/* !wp-content/mu-plugins/ !wp-content/plugins/ !wp-content/themes/ # ignore these plugins wp-content/plugins/hello.php # ignore specific themes wp-content/themes/twenty*/ # ignore node dependency directories node_modules/ # ignore log files and databases *.log *.sql *.sqlite wp-config.php