/gitignore.io

Create useful .gitignore files for your project

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gitignore.io

Create useful .gitignore files for your project

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Install Command Line

To run gitignore.io from your command line you need an active internet connection an environment function. You need to add a function to your environment that lets you access the gitignore.io API.

Git

#!/bin/bash

$ git config --global alias.ignore '!gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/$@ ;}; gi'

Linux

#!/bin/bash

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

#!/bin/zsh

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

OSX

#!/bin/bash

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

#!/bin/zsh

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

Windows

Create a PowerShell v3 Script

#For PowerShell v3
Function gig {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string[]]$list
  )
  $params = $list -join ","
  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.gitignore.io/api/$params" | select -ExpandProperty content | Out-File -FilePath $(Join-Path -path $pwd -ChildPath ".gitignore") -Encoding ascii
}

Create a PowerShell v2 Script

#For PowerShell v2
Function gig {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string[]]$list
  )
  $params = $list -join ","
  $wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
  $wc.Headers["User-Agent"] = "PowerShell/" + $PSVersionTable["PSVersion"].ToString()
  $wc.DownloadFile("https://www.gitignore.io/api/$params", "$PWD\.gitignore")
}

Create a Command Line Prompt Script If you have installed msysgit), create gi.cmd with content below. And copy it to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\gi.cmd, assuming msysgit was installed to c:\Program Files\Git. Make sure that C:\Program Files\Git\cmd is added to the environment variable path.

@rem Do not use "echo off" to not affect any child calls.
@setlocal

@rem Get the abolute path to the parent directory, which is assumed to be the
@rem Git installation root.
@for /F "delims=" %%I in ("%~dp0..") do @set git_install_root=%%~fI
@set PATH=%git_install_root%\bin;%git_install_root%\mingw\bin;%PATH%

@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%USERPROFILE%

@curl.exe -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/%*

Use Command Line

After the function is created, the gi command will give you command line access to the gitingore.io API. . Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

View

Show output on the command line. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi linux,java
# Created by https://www.gitignore.io

### Linux ###
.*
!.gitignore
*~

### Java ###
*.class
# Package Files #
*.jar
*.war
*.ear

Global

Append Operating System and IDE settings to global .gitignore. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi linux,eclipse >> ~/.gitignore_global

Project

Appending Programming Langauge settings to your projects .gitignore. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi java,python >> .gitignore

List

List displays a list of all of the currently support gitignore.io templates. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi list
actionscript,ada,agda,android,appceleratortitanium,appcode,archives,
archlinuxpackages,autotools,bancha,basercms,bower,bricxcc,c,c++,cakephp,
cfwheels,chefcookbook,clojure,cloud9,cmake,codeigniter,codekit,commonlisp,
compass,composer,concrete5,coq,cvs,dart,darteditor,delphi,django,dotsettings,
dreamweaver,drupal,eagle,eclipse,elasticbeanstalk,elisp,elixir,emacs,ensime,
episerver,erlang,espresso,expressionengine,fancy,finale,flexbuilder,forcedotcom,
freepascal,fuelphp,gcov,go,gradle,grails,gwt,haskell,intellij,java,jboss,jekyll,
jetbrains,joe,joomla,justcode,jython,kate,kdevelop4,kohana,komodoedit,laravel,
latex,lazarus,leiningen,lemonstand,lilypond,linux,lithium,magento,matlab,maven,
mercurial,meteor,modelsim,monodevelop,nanoc,netbeans,node,notepadpp,objective-c,
ocaml,opa,opencart,openfoam,oracleforms,osx,perl,ph7cms,phpstorm,playframework,
plone,prestashop,processing,pycharm,python,qooxdoo,qt,quartus2,r,rails,redcar,
rhodesrhomobile,ros,ruby,rubymine,rubymotion,sass,sbt,scala,scrivener,sdcc,
seamgen,senchatouch,silverstripe,sketchup,stella,sublimetext,sugarcrm,svn,
symfony,symfony2,symphonycms,tags,target3001,tarmainstallmate,tasm,tex,textmate,
textpattern,turbogears2,typo3,unity,vagrant,vim,virtualenv,visualstudio,vvvv,
waf,wakanda,webmethods,webstorm,windows,wordpress,xamarinstudio,xcode,xilinxise,
yeoman,yii,zendframework

Advanced Command Line Improvements

Advanced command line suggestions are tracked on the gitignore.io wiki.

Install Locally

Instructions

In order to install gitignore.io locally, you'll need to have node.js and git installed on your machine.

$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:joeblau/gitignore.io.git
$ cd gitignore.io/
$ npm install
$ node server.js

About

.gitignore.io is a web service designed to help you create .gitignore files for your Git repositories. The site has a graphical and command line method of creating a .gitignore for your operating system, programming language, or IDE.

License

Copyright (C) 2013-2016

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.