gitignore all files of a folder but keep folder code example
Example 1: how to ignore folder in gitignore duplicate
# Step 1) First stop git from tracking the <folder>
### Example git rm -r --cached dist ###
git rm -r --cached <folder>
# Step 2) Then update .gitignore file
dist/
node_modules/
*.log
.env
*.zip
Example 2: git ignore content of a folder
# exclude everything
somefolder/*
# exception to the rule
!somefolder/.gitkeep