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joe
===

A ``.gitignore`` magician in your command line. Joe generates
``.gitignore`` files from the command line for you.

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Features
--------

- Written in uncomplicated Python
- Easy to `install <https://github.com/karan/joe#installation>`__
- Stupidly `easy to use <https://github.com/karan/joe#usage>`__
- Supports all Github-supported ```.gitignore``
files <https://github.com/karan/joe#list-all-available-files>`__
- Works on Mac, Linux and Windows
- Supports other version control systems (``.hgignore``)

Installation
------------

Option 1: Homebrew
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ brew update
$ brew tap karan/karan
$ brew install gitignore

Option 2: `Pip <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/joe>`__
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ pip install joe

Option 3: From source
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:karan/joe.git
$ cd joe/
$ python setup.py install

Usage
-----

After install, make sure to run ``joe update``. This will download all
``.gitignore`` files in ``~/joe-data/`` folder.

Basic usage
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ joe java # outputs .gitignore file for java to stdout

To update your ``.gitignore`` files at any time, simply run:

.. code:: bash

$ joe update

Overwrite existing ``.gitignore`` file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ joe java > .gitignore # saves a new .gitignore file for java

Append to existing ``.gitignore`` file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ joe java >> .gitignore # appends to an existing .gitignore file

Multiple languages
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ joe java node osx > .gitignore # saves a new .gitignore file for multiple languages

Create and append to a global .gitignore file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can also use joe to append to a global .gitignore. These can be
helpful when you want to ignore files generated by an IDE, OS, or
otherwise.

.. code:: bash

$ git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore # Optional if you have not yet created a global .gitignore
$ joe OSX SublimeText >> ~/.gitignore

List all available files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: bash

$ joe ls # OR `joe list`

Output:

actionscript, ada, agda, android, anjuta, appceleratortitanium,
archives, archlinuxpackages, autotools, bricxcc, c, c++, cakephp,
cfwheels, chefcookbook, clojure, cloud9, cmake, codeigniter,
codekit, commonlisp, composer, concrete5, coq, craftcms, cvs, dart,
darteditor, delphi, dm, dreamweaver, drupal, eagle, eclipse,
eiffelstudio, elisp, elixir, emacs, ensime, episerver, erlang,
espresso, expressionengine, extjs, fancy, finale, flexbuilder,
forcedotcom, fortran, fuelphp, gcov, gitbook, go, gradle, grails,
gwt, haskell, idris, igorpro, ipythonnotebook, java, jboss,
jdeveloper, jekyll, jetbrains, joomla, jython, kate, kdevelop4,
kohana, labview, laravel, lazarus, leiningen, lemonstand,
libreoffice, lilypond, linux, lithium, lua, lyx, magento, matlab,
maven, mercurial, mercury, metaprogrammingsystem, meteor,
microsoftoffice, modelsim, momentics, monodevelop, nanoc, netbeans,
nim, ninja, node, notepadpp, objective-c, ocaml, opa, opencart,
oracleforms, osx, packer, perl, phalcon, playframework, plone,
prestashop, processing, python, qooxdoo, qt, r, rails, redcar,
redis, rhodesrhomobile, ros, ruby, rust, sass, sbt, scala, scons,
scrivener, sdcc, seamgen, sketchup, slickedit, stella, sublimetext,
sugarcrm, svn, swift, symfony, symphonycms, tags, tex, textmate,
textpattern, tortoisegit, turbogears2, typo3, umbraco, unity,
vagrant, vim, virtualenv, visualstudio, vvvv, waf, webmethods,
windows, wordpress, xcode, xilinxise, xojo, yeoman, yii,
zendframework, zephir

BONUS ROUND: Alternate version control software
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Joe isn't **just** a generator for ``.gitignore`` files. You can use it
and its output wherever a SCM is used.

.. code:: bash

$ joe java > .hgignore

Contributing
------------

Bug Reports & Feature Requests
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Please use the `issue tracker <https://github.com/karan/joe/issues>`__
to report any bugs or file feature requests.

Developing
^^^^^^^^^^

PRs are welcome. To begin developing, do this:

.. code:: bash

# make virtual env
$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:karan/joe.git
$ cd joe/
$ python joe/joe.py java

``tool.sh``
^^^^^^^^^^^

This is a handly script that automates a lot of developing steps.

.. code:: bash

USAGE:
$ tool.sh [-h|--help] COMMAND

EXAMPLES:
$ tool.sh readme Generate README.rst from README.md
$ tool.sh test Upload release to testpypi
$ tool.sh prod Upload release to prod pypi

Make sure you have a file ``.pypirc`` in ``~/`` in the following format:

::

[distutils]
index-servers =
pypi
pypitest

[pypi]
repository: https://pypi.python.org/pypi
username: <<>>
password: <<>>

[pypitest]
repository: https://testpypi.python.org/pypi
username: <<>>
password: <<>>

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