#######################
# Start by ignoring everything, and below we are explicitly saying 
# what to not ignore
*

#######################
# List files in the top folder (same folder as this .gitignore 
# file) that we do not want to ignore
!.gitignore
!.gitattributes

#######################
# For performance reasons, if a folder is already ignored, then 
# GitHub does not check the content for that folder for matches
# with additional rules. The line below includes folder in the 
# top folder (but not their content), so that anything mathcing 
# the rules below will still not be ignored.
!*/

#######################
# The following file types are code that should always be 
# included no matter where in the DataWork folder they are 
# located unless that folder is explicitly ignored. See example
# with EncryptedData folder below. 

# GitKeep
!*/**/GitKeep.txt

# Stata
!Library/**/*.do
!Library/**/*.ado
!Library/**/*.dta

# Shapefiles
!Library/**/*.shp
!Library/**/*.shx
!Library/**/*.dbf
!Library/**/*.prj


# Include some additional file formats in any output folder
!docs/*.md