How can I ignore all files except those with a certain extension in git?

Question

I need to ignore all files except those ending in .php, .css, .html or .js.

This is what I have in my .gitignore file for now:

* !.php !/*.php !*.php 

It does ignore everything, but only permits .php files in root directory, while hiding all the rest.

Answer 1

* !*/ !*.php !*.css !*.html !*.js 

Answer 2

For those, who would like to include file extensions which are located in subdirs like @jmborr and @Racso

# .gitignore for excluding all but certain files in certain subdirs  * !*.cfg !/**/ !certain/subdir/i_want_to_include/*.cfg 

when you exclude everything ('*'), you have to white-list folders ('/**/'), before being able to white-list files.

Found in: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33983585/5388625