gitignore

Python 3 gitignore fetcher based on gitignore.io

Install

# pip3 install giig

Usage

usage: giig [-h] [--list] [--search SEARCH] [--file [FILE]] [lang [lang ...]]

Download .gitignore files from gitignore.io

positional arguments:
  lang                  language, IDE or OS to include in the .gitignore file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --list, -l            list all language, IDE or OS options
  --search SEARCH, -s SEARCH
                        search list of options and print matches
  --file [FILE], -f [FILE]
                        specify which file to write to

Print list

Print list of all possible options for gitignore.io

giig -l

Search

Search for specific term (e.g. python)

giig -s python

Print to stdout

giig python

Write .gitignore file

giig -f -- python

Use custom file

giig -f custom-file.txt python

Use as library

import giig

# get list of languages, IDEs, etc.
giig.get_list()

# get list of languages, IDEs, etc.
giig.search(term)

# get gitignore for one/several languages, IDEs, etc.
# where options is a list of terms
giig.get_ignore(options)

Todo

• make giig print to stdout without -f
• add cache (don't need to query gitignore.io everytime)