gig

Description

generate (or output) .gitignore using github/gitignore

Demo

VS.

gibo

simonwhitaker/gibo is useful tool for .gitinore. It does git clone the templates from github/gitignore and it uses local files. So the gibo is fast, but you have to update local files to use tha latest template.

gig

toshi0607/gig is also a tool for .gitinore. The gig always use the latest template by accessing github each time. So you don't have to update something manually.

Usage

Usage:
  gig [OPTIONS] [Language]

Application Options:
  -l, --list      Show list of available language
  -f, --File      Output .gitignore file
  -q, --quiet     Hide stdout
  -v, --version   Show version

Help Options:
  -h, --help      Show this help message

Example

# show available languages
$ gig -l
Actionscript
Ada
Agda
Android
...


# search available languages like go
$ gig -l | grep -i go
Go
Godot
IGORPro


# output to the .gitignore file
$ gig Ruby -f
$ cat .gitignore
*.gem
*.rbc
/.config
/coverage/
...


# add to the existing .gitignore file
$ gig Go >> .gitignore
$ cat .gitignore
...
# Binaries for programs and plugins
*.exe
*.exe~
...

Tips

peco 's incremental search helps gig a lot.

$ gig $(gig -l | peco)

Setting alias like blow to your dotfile (.bashrc, .zshrc, etc) is also useful.

alias pgig='gig $(gig -l | peco)'

Install

for Homebrew (macOS, linux)

$ brew tap toshi0607/homebrew-gig
$ brew install gig

for Go environment

$ go install github.com/toshi0607/gig@latest

for Scoop (Windows)

$ scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/toshi0607/gig/main/gig.json

for others

You can download the binary directly from latest release

• gig_darwin_386.zip
• gig_darwin_amd64.zip
• gig_linux_386.zip
• gig_linux_amd64.zip
• gig_windows_386.zip
• gig_windows_amd64.zip

Contribution

1. Fork (https://github.com/toshi0607/gig/fork)
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Run test suite with the make test command and confirm that it passes
5. Run golangci-lint run
6. Create new Pull Request

Licence

MIT file for details.

Author

• GitHub
• twitter