gitignore.io

Create useful .gitignore files for your project

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")
}

Or, if you have curl installed(Generally, Curl is bundled with msysgit), create curl.cmd with this content

@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 %*

And copy it to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\curl.cmd, assuming msysgit was installed to c:\Program Files\Git. Then, create gi.cmd with this content

@curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/%1

Copy this gi.cmd file to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\gi.cmd, still assuming msysgit was installed to c:\Program Files\Git. Make sure that C:\Program Files\Git\cmd is added to the environment variable path.

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

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) 2013-2015 Joe Blau

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