Delete all folders except one

Question

There is a task that clears the folder before building

 gulp.task('clear', function () { return del.sync('MyPage'); });

How to make it delete all folders except one, for example img ?

Accepted Answer · 2019-04-05T02:24:50

This is how it works:

 ['!dist/.git','dist/**/*']

'dist/**/*' - files in the folder are deleted here, and if 'dist/**' , then the entire dist folder is deleted and '!dist/.git' does not save.

In this particular case, I don’t touch .git, if I only register 'dist/**/*'

del by default does not delete folders whose name starts with a dot

user192664 · Answer 2 · 2018-06-29T12:50:18

Try this:

  var gulp = require('gulp'); var del = require('del'); gulp.task('clear', function () { del.sync(['path/**', '!path/yourFolder']); });

yourFolder is the name of your folder, path is the path.

@MegaRoks have specified the right path ( ./** !./img )?
yes, he did everything correctly, but he still deleted the del.sync(['MyPage/**', '!MyPage/.git']); folder del.sync(['MyPage/**', '!MyPage/.git']);
@MegaRoks you do not want to delete .git file in a folder?

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