Generate individual ignore files from unified yaml

.ignore.yaml

eslint:
  - node_modules/
  - "*.d.ts"

docker:
  - .env.dist
  - node_modules
  - README.md

git:
  - .*ignore
  - .env
  - bin/*.js
  - lib/*.js
  - "*.d.ts"
  - node_modules

npm:
  - "*.ts"
  - !*.d.ts

generate.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 IGNOREFILE" >&2
  exit 1
fi

IGNOREFILE=$1

if ! [[ -f "${IGNOREFILE}" ]]; then
  echo "${IGNOREFILE} not found" >&2
  exit 1
fi

while read ignore; do
    match=$(printf '/^%s:/,/^[^\s-]+:/p' ${ignore})
    output=$(printf '.%signore\n' ${ignore})
    sed -nE ${match} ${IGNOREFILE} | sed -nE 's/^\s*-\s*//p' > ${output}
done < <(sed -nE 's/^([a-z]+):/\1/p' ${IGNOREFILE})

Unified ignore

I'm fed up of having several ignore files littering my repositories. This script will generate many ignores from one keyed yaml file.

Usage

$ ./generate.sh .ignore.yaml

zsh plugin

A plugin for zsh is available to automatically create the individual ignore files upon entering a directory.