Custom git script to create/append .gitignore file with provided arguments from gitignore.io's REST api. Move to anywhere in your PATH. Generate/Append the repo's .gitignore file using the gitignore.io api git-ignore [-l] <types> ... -l If no other option is present, list available templates. If options do exist, output is redirected to stdout. …

git-ignore

#!/bin/sh

USAGE="[-l] <types> ..."
LONG_USAGE="Generate/Append the repo's .gitignore file using the gitignore.io api

	-l 
		If no other option is present, list available templates.
		If options do exist, output is redirected to stdout.

`curl -s http://gitignore.io/api/`"
SUBDIRECTORY_OK=
CHECK=
. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"

while getopts "l" OPTION; do
	case $OPTION in
		l)
			CHECK="yes"
		;;
		[?])
			usage
		;;
		esac
done

shift $(($OPTIND-1))

if [ $CHECK ]; then
	if [ $@ ]; then
		curl -s "http://gitignore.io/api/`printf ',%s' \"$@\" | cut -c 2-`"
	else
		curl -s "http://gitignore.io/api/list"
	fi
	exit 0
fi

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
	usage
fi

require_work_tree_exists
cd_to_toplevel

touch .gitignore


for arg; do
	if [ `grep -ic $arg .gitignore` -eq 0 -a $arg != "list" ]; then
		LIST="$LIST${LIST:+,}$arg"
	fi
done

curl -s "http://gitignore.io/api/$LIST" | tee -a .gitignore

exit 0