Gitignorer is the easiest way to create .gitignore files.

$ gitignorer [options]

Ignore extraneous files from Go, Java, and Ruby.

$ gitignorer create go java ruby

List all available templates.

$ gitignorer list

$ wget -P /tmp https://github.com/zachlatta/gitignorer/releases/download/v1.0.0/gitignorer_v1.0.0_amd64.deb | dpkg -i /tmp/gitignorer_v1.0.0_amd64.deb

$ wget -P /tmp https://github.com/zachlatta/gitignorer/releases/download/v1.0.0/gitignorer_v1.0.0_i386.deb | dpkg -i /tmp/gitignorer_v1.0.0_i386.deb

Binaries for other Linux flavors are available on the releases page.

$ brew update
$ brew tap zachlatta/gitignorer
$ brew install gitignorer

Binaries for all major platforms are available on the releases page.

You'll need Go for this. You can grab it over at http://golang.org/.

$ go get github.com/zachlatta/gitignorer
$ go install github.com/zachlatta/gitignorer

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Copyright (c) 2013 Zachary Latta

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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