gitnore

Are you tired of choosing overly bare .gitignore files from Github's interface? So was I. That's why I made gitnore, a tool to list, view, and download gitignore files from https://github.com/github/gitignore and merge the contents of the files you choose into your gitignore, allowing you to build full featured, rich .gitignore files quickly and easily.

Installation

From Source

$ go install github.com/kkirsche/gitnore@latest

Usage

Initialization

If you want to provide your personal access token via the CLI, you can initialize your configuration using:

$ gitnore init -t="example-personal-access-token"

This though has some security concerns if on a shared machine, and as such you can instead use the following command to be prompted:

$ gitnore init

Updating Your Token

You can either manually edit your configuration file, or use the writeConfig command.

WARNING: This will overwrite your configuration file!

$ gitnore writeConfig

List Available Gitignore Files

$ gitnore list

Preview Gitignore File Content

$ gitnore preview gitignore-file-name

for example:

$ gitnore preview Go
# Binaries for programs and plugins
*.exe
*.exe~
*.dll
*.so
*.dylib

# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
*.test

# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
*.out

Add a Gitignore File's Contents to Your Local Gitignore File

$ gitnore add gitignore-file-name