gibo

Generate .gitignore files from community-maintained templates

TLDR

List available boilerplates

$ gibo list

Combine multiple boilerplates to stdout

$ gibo dump [Python] [macOS] [VisualStudioCode]

Search boilerplates by substring

$ gibo search [node]

Append a boilerplate to your .gitignore

$ gibo dump [Python] >> .gitignore

Update the locally cached boilerplate repository

$ gibo update

Show where boilerplates are stored on disk

$ gibo root

gibo (gitignore boilerplates) generates .gitignore files from community-maintained templates hosted in GitHub's official gitignore repository. It provides templates for languages, frameworks, IDEs, and operating systems.Multiple boilerplates can be combined in a single command. The tool caches templates locally for offline use and supports searching by name.

PARAMETERS

dump NAMES...

Write the named boilerplates to standard output, separated by headers. Names are matched case-insensitively against templates from github.com/github/gitignore.

list

List all available boilerplates, grouped by category.

search STR

List boilerplates whose names contain STR.

update

Fetch the latest boilerplates from the upstream repository.

root

Print the directory where gibo stores its local clone of the boilerplate repository.

version

Print the current gibo version.

help

Display help text.

INSTALL

brew install gibo

nix profile install nixpkgs#gibo

CAVEATS

An initial `gibo update` is required the first time you use the tool, to clone the upstream boilerplate repository locally. Run `gibo update` periodically to pick up new templates. Boilerplate names are case-insensitive but must match a template file in github/gitignore; use `gibo list` or `gibo search` to discover valid names.

HISTORY

gibo was created by Simon Whitaker as a shell script that wraps a local clone of github.com/github/gitignore. A Go rewrite (gibo-go) has since replaced the original shell implementation while keeping the same command surface.