igittigit

A minimal CLI for fetching .gitignore templates from GitHub's API.

Prerequisites

• Go 1.19+ (for installation)
• gh (optional, for authenticated GitHub API requests)
• fzf (optional, for igittigit search)

Installation

Homebrew

brew install ff6347/tap/igittigit

Go

go install github.com/ff6347/igittigit@latest

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/ff6347/igittigit.git
cd igittigit
go build -o igittigit

Usage

igittigit list                 # List all available templates
igittigit search               # Interactive fuzzy search (requires fzf)
igittigit get Go               # Output template to stdout
igittigit get Go > .gitignore  # Save to file
igittigit get Go >> .gitignore # Append to existing file
igittigit completions          # Generate fish shell completions

Development

go test ./...      # Run tests
go run . list      # Run from source

How it works

1. Fetches templates from GitHub's official gitignore API
2. Caches responses locally for 24 hours in ~/.config/igittigit/
3. Uses gh CLI for authenticated requests when available (avoids rate limiting)
4. Falls back to direct HTTP requests gracefully

License

MIT