dcov/gitignore-cli

gitignore CLI

A CLI tool to manage .gitignore files in your project.

Setup

Set $GITIGNORE_HOME. It should contain <file_stem>.gitignore files that will be used to generate the .gitignore file.

Example

// Clone the github/gitignore repo
git clone https://github.com/github/gitignore

// Set $GITIGNORE_HOME to the path of the repo.
export GITIGNORE_HOME=path/to/gitignore_repo

Usage

gitignore [flags] <file_stems>

<file_stems>

If generating the .gitignore file: The <file_stem>.gitignore files in $GITIGNORE_HOME to use when generating the .gitignore file.

If removing from the .gitignore file: The <file_stem> named blocks to remove from the generated .gitignore file.

Example

// Generate a .gitignore file with the contents of $GITIGNORE_HOME/Rust.gitignore
gitignore rust

// Remove the $GITIGNORE_HOME/Rust.gitignore block from the .gitignore file
gitignore -r rust

[flags]

-h, --help

Print help information

-V, --version

Print version number

-c

Generate the .gitignore file in the current directory.

The default behavior is to search for the directory where the '.git' directory lives, and generate, or modify, the .gitignore file there.

-r

The <file_stems> arguments will be used to remove any existing blocks with those names.

By default <file_stems> arguments are used to generate/modify blocks with those names.

-l

List the current block names in the generated .gitignore file.