sudorook/ignoretool

Tool for creating and updating .gitignore files.

.gitignore Tool

Bash script for maintaining and standardizing .gitignore files using the program-specific files available at github/gitignore.

Usage:

ignoretool <mode> <list> -w -k -f <file>

Arguments:

<mode> (required):

1. add - add a new section to an existing .gitignore file.
2. create - initialize a new .gitignore file from a list of preset or selected sections.
3. list - list the sections found in a .gitignore file.
4. remove - remove a particular section (or list of sections).
5. update - parse existing file and updating the sections present in the file.

<list> (optional):

The list is a comma- or space-delimited list of gitignore configurations. To see what the names of each are, look at the data file for reference.

If no list options are given, the script will open a fzf prompt for you to specify which ignore files to use.

-w or --write (optional)

The script will print to stdout by default. To write to the gitignore file itself, pass the -w flag to the script.

-k or --keep (optional)

Use -k in conjunction with -w to backup the existing .gitignore before writing the new one. Should be unnecessary if the file is already versioned.

-f <file> (optional)

Use the -f flag to specify the path to the .gitignore file.

If no file is specified, the script will use Git to find the base of the repository and search f the .gitignore file there.