Create useful .gitignore files for your project

Install Command Line

To run gitignore.io from your command line you need an active internet connection and an environment function. You need to add a function to your environment that lets you access the gitignore.io API.

Git

#!/bin/bash

$ git config --global alias.ignore '!gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/$@ ;}; gi'

Linux

#!/bin/bash

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

#!/bin/zsh

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

#!/bin/fish

$ printf "function gi\n\tcurl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$argv\nend\n" > ~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish

macOS

#!/bin/bash

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

#!/bin/zsh

$ echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

#!/bin/fish

$ printf "function gi\n\tcurl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$argv\nend\n" > ~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish

Windows

Create a PowerShell v3 Script

#For PowerShell v3
Function gig {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string[]]$list
  )
  $params = ($list | ForEach-Object { [uri]::EscapeDataString($_) }) -join ","
  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.gitignore.io/api/$params" | select -ExpandProperty content | Out-File -FilePath $(Join-Path -path $pwd -ChildPath ".gitignore") -Encoding ascii
}

Create a PowerShell v2 Script

#For PowerShell v2
Function gig {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string[]]$list
  )
  $params = ($list | ForEach-Object { [uri]::EscapeDataString($_) }) -join ","
  $wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
  $wc.Headers["User-Agent"] = "PowerShell/" + $PSVersionTable["PSVersion"].ToString()
  $wc.DownloadFile("https://www.gitignore.io/api/$params", "$PWD\.gitignore")
}

Create a Command Line Prompt Script If you have installed msysgit), create gi.cmd with content below. And copy it to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\gi.cmd, assuming msysgit was installed to c:\Program Files\Git. Make sure that C:\Program Files\Git\cmd is added to the environment variable path.

@rem Do not use "echo off" to not affect any child calls.
@setlocal

@rem Get the abolute path to the parent directory, which is assumed to be the
@rem Git installation root.
@for /F "delims=" %%I in ("%~dp0..") do @set git_install_root=%%~fI
@for /F "delims=" %%I in ("%~dp0..") do @set git_mingw_root=%%~fI\mingw
@if not exist "%git_mingw_root%" @set git_mingw_root=%git_install_root%\mingw64
@set PATH=%git_install_root%\bin;%git_mingw_root%\bin;%PATH%

@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%USERPROFILE%

@curl.exe -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/%*

Other Clients

Clients maintained by third-party developers

Source Code	Language	Instructions	Maintainer
gogi	Go	Install	Cuong Manh Le
ignr	Python	Usage	Antriksh Yadav

Tools or extensions maintained by third-party developers on other platforms

Source Code	Platform	Instructions	Maintainer
fzf-gitignore	Neovim	Install	Filip Szymański
gi	Visual Studio Code	Install	Hasit Mistry
helm-gitignore	GNU Emacs	Install	Juan Placencia

Use Command Line

After the function is created, the gi command will give you command line access to the gitignore.io API. . Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

Preview

Show output on the command line. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi linux,java
# Created by https://www.gitignore.io

### Linux ###
.*
!.gitignore
*~

### Java ###
*.class
# Package Files #
*.jar
*.war
*.ear

Global

Append Operating System and IDE settings to global .gitignore. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi linux,eclipse >> ~/.gitignore_global

Project

Appending Programming Langauge settings to your projects .gitignore. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi java,python >> .gitignore

List

List displays a list of all of the currently support gitignore.io templates. Note: Use gig if you are on Windows

$ gi list
actionscript,ada,agda,android,appceleratortitanium,appcode,archives,
archlinuxpackages,autotools,bancha,basercms,bower,bricxcc,c,c++,cakephp,
cfwheels,chefcookbook,clojure,cloud9,cmake,codeigniter,codekit,commonlisp,
compass,composer,concrete5,coq,cvs,dart,darteditor,delphi,django,dotsettings,
dreamweaver,drupal,eagle,eclipse,elasticbeanstalk,elisp,elixir,emacs,ensime,
episerver,erlang,espresso,expressionengine,fancy,finale,flexbuilder,forcedotcom,
freepascal,fuelphp,gcov,go,gradle,grails,gwt,haskell,intellij,java,jboss,jekyll,
jetbrains,joe,joomla,justcode,jython,kate,kdevelop4,kohana,komodoedit,laravel,
latex,lazarus,leiningen,lemonstand,lilypond,linux,lithium,magento,matlab,maven,
mercurial,meteor,modelsim,monodevelop,nanoc,netbeans,node,notepadpp,objective-c,
ocaml,opa,opencart,openfoam,oracleforms,osx,perl,ph7cms,phpstorm,playframework,
plone,prestashop,processing,pycharm,python,qooxdoo,qt,quartus2,r,rails,redcar,
rhodesrhomobile,ros,ruby,rubymine,rubymotion,sass,sbt,scala,scrivener,sdcc,
seamgen,senchatouch,silverstripe,sketchup,stella,sublimetext,sugarcrm,svn,
symfony,symfony2,symphonycms,tags,target3001,tarmainstallmate,tasm,tex,textmate,
textpattern,turbogears2,typo3,unity,vagrant,vim,virtualenv,visualstudio,vvvv,
waf,wakanda,webmethods,webstorm,windows,wordpress,xamarinstudio,xcode,xilinxise,
yeoman,yii,zendframework

Advanced Command Line Improvements

Advanced command line suggestions are tracked on the gitignore.io wiki.

Design

Asset	Description
	gitignore.io horizontal logo
	gitignore.io square logo

Install Locally

Requirements

• Vapor - macOS / Linux

Instructions

$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:joeblau/gitignore.io.git
$ cd gitignore.io/
$ vapor build
$ vapor run

Using Docker

It's also possible to run the app using Docker and Docker Compose. It can be done by running the commands below.

$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:joeblau/gitignore.io.git
$ cd gitignore.io/
$ docker-compose up -d

Companies

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About

.gitignore.io is a web service designed to help you create .gitignore files for your Git repositories. The site has a graphical and command line method of creating a .gitignore for your operating system, programming language, or IDE.