diff --git a/src/file.ts b/src/file.ts
index 3d0bdf6..f1db7df 100644
--- a/src/file.ts
+++ b/src/file.ts
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ export function getBasePath(relPath: string): string {
     .replace(process.cwd(), "")
 }
 
-export async function getFileList(_config: ScaffoldConfig, template: string): Promise<string[]> {
-  template = template.replaceAll(/[\\]+/g, "/")
-  log(_config, LogLevel.debug, `Getting file list for ${template}`)
+export async function getFileList(config: ScaffoldConfig, templates: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
+  log(config, LogLevel.debug, `Getting file list for glob list: ${templates}`)
   return (
-    await glob(template, {
+    await glob(templates, {
       dot: true,
       nodir: true,
     })
diff --git a/src/scaffold.ts b/src/scaffold.ts
index 67e0538..6b845a7 100644
--- a/src/scaffold.ts
+++ b/src/scaffold.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   getFileList,
   getBasePath,
   handleTemplateFile,
+  GlobInfo,
 } from "./file"
 import { LogLevel, MinimalConfig, Resolver, ScaffoldCmdConfig, ScaffoldConfig } from "./types"
 import { registerHelpers } from "./parser"
@@ -61,39 +62,45 @@ export async function Scaffold(config: ScaffoldConfig): Promise<void> {
   try {
     config.data = { name: config.name, ...config.data }
     logInitStep(config)
-    for (let _template of config.templates) {
+    const excludes = config.templates.filter((t) => t.startsWith("!"))
+    const includes = config.templates.filter((t) => !t.startsWith("!"))
+    const templates: GlobInfo[] = []
+    for (let _template of includes) {
       try {
         const { nonGlobTemplate, origTemplate, isDirOrGlob, isGlob, template } = await getTemplateGlobInfo(
           config,
           _template,
         )
-        const files = await getFileList(config, template)
-        log(config, LogLevel.debug, "Iterating files", { files, template })
-        for (const inputFilePath of files) {
-          if (await isDir(inputFilePath)) {
-            continue
-          }
-          const relPath = makeRelativePath(path.dirname(removeGlob(inputFilePath).replace(nonGlobTemplate, "")))
-          const basePath = getBasePath(relPath)
-          logInputFile(config, {
-            originalTemplate: origTemplate,
-            relativePath: relPath,
-            parsedTemplate: template,
-            inputFilePath,
-            nonGlobTemplate,
-            basePath,
-            isDirOrGlob,
-            isGlob,
-          })
-          await handleTemplateFile(config, {
-            templatePath: inputFilePath,
-            basePath,
-          })
-        }
+        templates.push({ nonGlobTemplate, origTemplate, isDirOrGlob, isGlob, template })
       } catch (e: any) {
         handleErr(e)
       }
     }
+    for (const tpl of templates) {
+      const files = await getFileList(config, [tpl.template, ...excludes])
+      for (const file of files) {
+        if (await isDir(file)) {
+          continue
+        }
+        log(config, LogLevel.debug, "Iterating files", { files, file })
+        const relPath = makeRelativePath(path.dirname(removeGlob(file).replace(tpl.nonGlobTemplate, "")))
+        const basePath = getBasePath(relPath)
+        logInputFile(config, {
+          originalTemplate: tpl.origTemplate,
+          relativePath: relPath,
+          parsedTemplate: tpl.template,
+          inputFilePath: file,
+          nonGlobTemplate: tpl.nonGlobTemplate,
+          basePath,
+          isDirOrGlob: tpl.isDirOrGlob,
+          isGlob: tpl.isGlob,
+        })
+        await handleTemplateFile(config, {
+          templatePath: file,
+          basePath,
+        })
+      }
+    }
   } catch (e: any) {
     log(config, LogLevel.error, e)
     throw e
@@ -111,7 +118,7 @@ export async function Scaffold(config: ScaffoldConfig): Promise<void> {
  * @category Main
  * @return {Promise<void>} A promise that resolves when the scaffold is complete
  */
-Scaffold.fromConfig = async function (
+Scaffold.fromConfig = async function(
   /** The path or URL to the config file */
   pathOrUrl: string,
   /** Information needed before loading the config */
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index f3106d3..01b79ff 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ export interface ScaffoldConfig {
    * Template files to use as input. You may provide multiple files, each of which can be a relative or absolute path,
    * or a glob pattern for multiple file matching easily.
    *
+   * You may omit files from output by prepending a `!` to their glob pattern.
+   *
+   * For example, `["components/**", "!components/README.md"]` will include everything in the directory `components`
+   * except the `README.md` file inside.
+   *
    * @default Current working directory
    */
   templates: string[]
@@ -331,7 +336,9 @@ export type FileResponse<T> = T | FileResponseHandler<T>
 
 /**
  * The Scaffold config for CLI
- * Contains less and more specific options than {@link ScaffoldConfig}
+ * Contains less and more specific options than {@link ScaffoldConfig}.
+ *
+ * For more information about each option, see {@link ScaffoldConfig}.
  */
 export type ScaffoldCmdConfig = {
   /** The name of the scaffold template to use. */
diff --git a/tests/scaffold.test.ts b/tests/scaffold.test.ts
index d869f7f..3ae1d82 100644
--- a/tests/scaffold.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scaffold.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ const fileStructDates = {
   output: {},
 }
 
+const fileStructExcludes = {
+  input: {
+    "include.txt": "This file should be included",
+    "exclude.txt": "This file should be excluded",
+  },
+  output: {},
+}
+
 function withMock(fileStruct: FileSystem.DirectoryItems, testFn: jest.EmptyFunction): jest.EmptyFunction {
   return () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -268,8 +276,7 @@ describe("Scaffold", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  describe(
-    "output structure",
+  describe("output structure", () => {
     withMock(fileStructNested, () => {
       test("should maintain input structure on output", async () => {
         await Scaffold({
@@ -294,8 +301,23 @@ describe("Scaffold", () => {
         expect(oneDeepFile.toString()).toEqual("Hello, my value is 1")
         expect(twoDeepFile.toString()).toEqual("Hi! My value is actually NOT 1!")
       })
-    }),
-  )
+    })
+
+    withMock(fileStructExcludes, () => {
+      test("should exclude files", async () => {
+        await Scaffold({
+          name: "app_name",
+          output: "output",
+          templates: ["input", "!exclude.txt"],
+          data: { value: "1" },
+          logLevel: "none",
+        })
+        const includeFile = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), "output", "app_name.txt"))
+        expect(includeFile.toString()).toEqual("This file should be included")
+        expect(() => readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), "output", "exclude.txt"))).toThrow()
+      })
+    })
+  })
 
   describe(
     "capitalization helpers",