How to exclude all the files except files starting with a name in the Git or GitHub

In the GIT project, I have many .sql files in it related to different databases.

Is there anyway I can exclude all the files except the files starting with “Hive_” in my Git Project.

Is there anyway to do so in .gitignore file.

Through .gitignore I can exclude the files list.

But the current requirement is reverse here, I want to exclude everything except files starting with specific characters.

To do that.

Create a .gitignore file in the root folder of the repository.

The .gitignore contents:

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# excluded all files
*.*

# except all files prefixed with Hive_
!Hive_*