Gitignore Maker

A powerful command-line tool for managing .gitignore files with language-specific templates and size-based filtering. This tool allows you to create and update .gitignore files based on your project's programming languages, while also filtering out large files and folders exceeding a user-defined size limit.

Introduction

Managing a clean and comprehensive .gitignore file is crucial for ensuring that unnecessary files are excluded from your Git repositories. This CLI tool simplifies that process by allowing you to:

• Automatically generate .gitignore content based on your project's programming languages.
• Filter files and folders by size, ensuring that large assets are ignored.
• Exclude specific files and folders from being added to .gitignore.

With just a few commands, you can maintain an optimized and language-specific .gitignore file tailored to your project's needs.

Key Features

• Language-Specific .gitignore Templates: Generate .gitignore content based on the programming languages used in your project.
• Size-Based File Exclusion: Automatically add files and folders to .gitignore if they exceed a specified size limit.
• Custom Folder and File Exclusion: Specify folders and files to ignore during size-based filtering.
• Seamless Integration: The tool can be easily integrated into your project management workflow, automating the generation and update of .gitignore.

Installation

Install the libray:

pip install gitignore-maker

Usage

Run the CLI tool by specifying your desired options.

gitignore_maker [OPTIONS]

Options

Examples

1. Generate a .gitignore for Python and Node.js:

   gitignore_maker --languages Python Node
   

2. Add files larger than 10 MB to .gitignore:

   gitignore_maker --size-limit 10485760
   

3. Ignore specific folders during size checks:

   gitignore_maker --ignore-folders venv build
   

4. List all supported programming languages:

   gitignore_maker --list-languages
   

Example Workflow

Here i s a typical workflow using this tool:

1. Generate a language-specific .gitignore file:

   gitignore_maker --languages Python Node
   

   This will create or update the .gitignore file with content for Python and Node.js.

2. Filter large files: After generating the .gitignore, you may want to exclude files larger than 50 MB:

   gitignore_maker --size-limit 52428800
   

   This will scan the project directory and add all files larger than 50 MB to the .gitignore.

3. Customize exclusion: To exclude certain folders like venv or build from being added to .gitignore, you can run:

   gitignore_maker --ignore-folders venv build
   

Supported Languages

This tool supports .gitignore templates for various programming languages, including but not limited to:

• Python
• Node.js
• Java
• Ruby
• Go
• PHP
• C++
• ...and more.

To see the full list of supported languages, use the --list-languages option:

gitignore_maker --list-languages

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.