Shresht7 / gh-gitignore

A GitHub CLI extension to generate .gitignore files 📄

gh-gitignore

A GitHub CLI extension to generate .gitignore files.

The .gitignore templates are obtained from the GitHub API (https://docs.github.com/en/rest/gitignore).

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📦 Installation

Requirements

• GitHub CLI

Install

gh extension install Shresht7/gh-gitignore

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💻 Usage

Invoke the cli extension like so:

gh gitignore <command>

To create a gitignore file:

gh gitignore create Node

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⌨️ Commands

create

Create a gitignore file

Alias

new, add, init, clone

Usage

gh-gitignore create [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Description	Default
--dest, -d	string	Destination of the gitignore file	.gitignore
--overwrite, -o	bool	Overwrite the gitignore file	false

Examples

  gh gitignore create Go
  gh gitignore init Go Python
  gh gitignore create Go Python -d .gitignore

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list

Lists all gitignore templates

Usage

gh-gitignore list

Examples

  gh gitignore list

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view

View a gitignore file

Alias

show, get

Usage

gh-gitignore view

Examples

  gh gitignore view Go
  gh gitignore view Go Python

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📜 License

This software is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.