Allow node.exe and ignore all other .exe

Question

I want to not igore the file node.exe

but ignore all other .exe files, how can I achieve this?

My code is not working:

# Compiled source #
###################
/build/*
!node.exe
*.exe

*.o
*.so
*.com
*.pdb
*.ini

Answer 1

Reverse the order from:

!node.exe
*.exe

to:

*.exe
!node.exe

The last statement "overwrites" the previous.