genignore

Command line tool that generates .gitignore files using github's collection of gitignore templates.

Features

• syncs with https://github.com/github/gitignore
• You can specify a custom output file other than .gitignore
• Merges contents of existing .gitignore

Install

pip install --upgrade genignore

Usage

• Get help: genignore --help
• Grab the latest https://github.com/github/gitignore master: genignore sync
• List available templates: genignore list
• Generate .gitignore for python, osx and linux: genignore gen python osx linux
• Generate .gitignore for python, osx and linux, save it as .foo: genignore gen python osx linux --out=.foo
• To add into an existing .gitignore, use genignore gen --add jetbrains
• You can also redirect stdout genignore gen python osx linux > .foo

Bugs/Features

Open a github issue here.

Contributors

• svisser.