GI Gen is an open source CLI to generate .gitignore files. It is completely cross-platform, and standalone (no dependencies - other than git itself), so you may literally use it for any project on any platform.

You can run this CLI program to create or append a .gitignore file from a chosen list of template easily.

You may choose more than one template to generate.

Usage

Download the file for your platform in the Releases page.

Put it anywhere that you can run an executable from. It is completely portable to any directory, but it is preferable you put it somewhere that is in your PATH.

Just run gi_gen in the directory you wish to add to and follow the prompts.

$ gi_gen

Features

GI Gen supports the following features:

.gitignore discovery:
- Auto-discover any gitignore templates that might be related to your project
- Optionally list all available templates instead (see github/gitignore for the complete list of templates)
.gitignore clean: Clean up results from any patterns that aren't in your project before outputting (optional)
Writes to .gitignore file in current directory (you may overwrite/skip/append if already exists)

Credits to open-source-ideas for the idea for the tool.

Contribute

Please feel free to open PRs or issues with bug fixes/reports, or feature requests.

This project was built using Go, and should run easily with the normal Go tools with no further configuration.

Testing was only done on macOS using ARM architecture, so feel free to report any issues on your platform if you have any, or are missing your platform and cannot/don't want to build from source (I tried building for the most common platforms).

If you are feeling incredibly generous and appreciate the time & effort I put into developing this tool, kindly consider donating any amount to help me make up for the work hours. It is really very much appreciated! 🙏🏼