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feat: create custom fn to use git exclude folder and file #55

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feat: create custom fn to use git exclude folder and file
tcelestino Oct 31, 2025
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refactor: improvement from gemini code reviewer
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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions zsh/custom-functions/custom-functions.plugin.zsh
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Expand Up @@ -93,3 +93,31 @@ function filesize() {
stat -c "%s bytes" "$@"
fi
}

# ignore files from git
# usage: ignore_from_git file1.md file2.txt folder1/ folder2/**
ignore_from_git() {
local exclude_file=".git/info/exclude"

if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Error: Not a git repository." >&2
return 1
fi

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Error: No file or folder was specified." >&2
echo "Usage: ignore_from_git file1.md file2.txt folder1/ folder2/**" >&2
return 1
fi

for pattern in "$@"; do
local escaped_pattern=$(printf '%s\n' "$pattern" | sed 's/[[\.*^$()+?{|]/\\&/g')

if ! grep -Fxq -- "$pattern" "$exclude_file" 2>/dev/null; then
echo "$pattern" >> "$exclude_file"
echo "Added: $pattern to $exclude_file"
else
echo "$pattern already exists in $exclude_file"
fi
done
}