WordPress project .gitignore

gitignore-for-wordpress-theme

# ignore everything in the root except the "wp-content" directory.
/*
!wp-content/

# ignore everything in the "wp-content" directory, except the themes directories
wp-content/*
!wp-content/themes/

# ignore all mu-plugins, plugins, and themes
# unless explicitly whitelisted at the end of this file
wp-content/themes/*

# ignore all files starting with . or ~
.*
~*

# ignore node dependency directories (used by grunt)
node_modules/

# ignore OS generated files
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

# ignore Editor files
*.sublime-project
*.sublime-workspace
*.komodoproject
*.codekit3
.idea

# ignore log files and databases
*.log
*.sql
*.sqlite

# ignore compiled files
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so

# ignore packaged files
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip

# -------------------------
# BEGIN Whitelisted Files
# -------------------------

# track these files, if they exist
!.gitignore
!.editorconfig
!.scss-lint.yml
!README.md
!CHANGELOG.md
!composer.json

# track these themes
!wp-content/themes/theme_name/

I would suggest adding *.codekit3

I would add .idea to the list

i want to ignore dist folder in my theme.
wp-content/themes/my-theme/dist
the dist is a result of webpack build

i want to ignore dist folder in my theme.
wp-content/themes/my-theme/dist
the dist is a result of webpack build

@vanduc1102 use: wp-content/themes/my-theme/dist/*

@mikedamoiseau, I've added .idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

@josephbydeign, a (very) belated thanks for the *.codekit3 suggestion and also for helping out @vanduc1102.

@jasewarner you're welcome 😄

it doesnt work @jose,
here is my code

wp-content/*
!wp-content/mu-plugins/

!wp-content/plugins/
wp-content/plugins/*
!wp-content/plugins/p-a/

!wp-content/themes/
wp-content/themes/*
!wp-content/themes/theme-a/
wp-content/themes/theme-a/dist/*
!wp-content/themes/theme-b/

After commit the .gitignore and run git update-index
I'm still seeing files in dist/* as tracked
------- UPDATED --------
my bad, the dist was tracked, I need to delete the dist folder and commit them,
the code above works well, thanks @josephbydeign

For those of you having issues with the gitignore still not working. The reason is because the git has cached that gitignore.
So what you should do is clear the gitignore cache within your git installation, by doing so:

git rm --cached -r . && git add .

That way you can ensure that if you want to ignore a file but it is not working, then the reason is because gitignore has cached that file to still be present in your future commits. By clearing the gitignore cache you are able to effectively ignore the files to follow your gitignore.

Yes, I said gitignore 7 times.