https://github.com/janniks/git-ignore

An interactive CLI to generate .gitignore files (written in Rust)
https://github.com/janniks/git-ignore

git ignore ignore-files ignore-list

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An interactive CLI to generate .gitignore files (written in Rust)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/janniks/git-ignore
• Owner: janniks
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-11-18T16:22:12.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-12-11T13:59:16.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-11T15:45:18.009Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: git, ignore, ignore-files, ignore-list
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.79 MB
• Stars: 28
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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git-ignore 🙈




  git-ignore lets you generate .gitignore files for your repositories right from the terminal





  Installation

   · 

  Usage

   · 

  Why?

   · 

  How?

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  Credits

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  License





  



## Installation 🛠

### macOS (via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh))

**git-ignore** is released and maintained via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh), which needs to be installed first.

Run the following commands to install:

```

brew tap janniks/git-ignore

brew install git-ignore

```

Expand for uninstall instructions

brew untap janniks/git-ignore

brew uninstall git-ignore


### Build from source (via Cargo)

> Tested on: _macOS, Archlinux_

1. Install [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org) and Cargo (e.g. via [rustup](https://rustup.rs)).

2. Clone the repository via git and enter the project folder:

```

git clone https://github.com/janniks/git-ignore.git

cd git-ignore

```

3. Run Cargo's `build` command:

```

cargo build

```

> The binary is generated into the `target/debug` directory.

> If you want to run the command globally, you need to move it to a directory covered by your PATH environment variable (e.g. on Unix systems to the `/usr/local/bin` directory).

>

> If `~/.cargo/bin/` is already in your environment's PATH, your can run `cargo install --path .` to build and move the executable there (and skip step 4).

4. Move the executable:

```

mv target/debug/git-ignore /usr/local/bin/git-ignore

```

Expand for uninstall instructions

Simply delete the executable from wherever it was moved:
rf /usr/local/bin/git-ignore
rf ~/.cargo/bin/git-ignore
cargo uninstall git-ignore


## Usage 🚀

**git-ignore** is used to generate new `.gitignore` files or append content to existing ones.

From now on, you simply run `git ignore` to launch the interactive CLI, anytime you want to setup or change a `.gitignore` file.

## Why? ⚡️

Every time I start a new project/repository, I need a `.gitignore` file. And every time I missed something that had to be added later—often after unstashing/reverting, because of those pesky `git add -all` I love so dearly. Then came [gitignore.io](https://gitignore.io) and made my life a lot easier. Sadly, not too long ago, Toptal decided to rebrand the site a bit (not too much, but we developers are purists). So, the next time I spun up a new repository, I started procrastinating. I no longer wanted to have to leave the terminal to setup a .gitignore file. And thus **git-ignore** was born. You can now utilize battle-tested ignore templates right from your terminal.

## How? 💭

git-ignore is added as an external executable for git. Basically, if there are executables in your PATH that match `git-` then they will become available through git as `git `.

git-ignore uses GitHub and Toptal APIs to fetch the ignore templates.

## Credits 🌎

- git-ignore uses templates from the [Toptal](https://www.toptal.com) [gitignore.io](https://gitignore.io) project.

## License ⚖️

[MIT](LICENSE)