Bootstrap Your .gitignore

Many of us use git to version control our projects and we all can agree on one thing although that despite the benefits git provides, Git is hard = screwing up is easy, and figuring out how to fix your mistakes is really hard.

And while working with git it is also important to tell git what files git should not remember thus not version control that, so .gitignore comes into the picture.

And there is a really simple way to bootstrap your .gitignore using gitignore.io just go to the website and fill the technologies you are working on.

Now just click on create and viola your .gitignore is ready.

If you are someone who prefers CLI instead of browser and have a working internet connection then you can also make an environment function to generate your .gitignore using your terminal.

Installation

Linux

• bash

  $ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
  

• zsh

  $ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
  

• fish

  $ printf "function gi\n\tcurl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$argv\nend\n" > ~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish
  

macOS

• bash

  $ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile
  

• zsh

  $ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
  

• fish

  $ printf "function gi\n\tcurl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$argv\nend\n" > ~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish
  

Windows

• Create a PowerShell v3 Script

  #For PowerShell v3
  Function gig {
    param(
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
      [string[]]$list
    )
    $params = ($list | ForEach-Object { [uri]::EscapeDataString($_) }) -join ","
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.gitignore.io/api/$params" | select -ExpandProperty content | Out-File -FilePath $(Join-Path -path $pwd -ChildPath ".gitignore") -Encoding ascii
  }
  

Usage

Show output on the command line. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

• List all available gitignore.io templates

  $ gi list
  .......
  kobalt,kohana,komodoedit,kotlin,labview
  lamp,laravel,latex,lazarus,leiningen
  lemonstand,less,liberosoc,librarian-chef,libreoffice
  lilypond,linux,lithium,lua,lyx
  m2e,macos,magento,magento2,magic-xpa
  matlab,maven,mavensmate,mean,mercurial
  mercury,metaprogrammingsystem,meteorjs,microsoftoffice,mikroc
  moban,modelsim,modx,momentics,monodevelop
  mplabx,mule,nanoc,nativescript,ncrunch
  nesc,netbeans,nette,nikola,nim
  ninja,node,notepadpp,nwjs,objective-c
  ocaml,octobercms,opa,opencart,opencv
  openfoam,openframeworks,oracleforms,osx,otto
  packer,particle,pawn,perl,perl6
  .......
  

• Make your .gitignore for the project

  $ gi linux,python >> .gitignore