gi gitignore function

gistfile1.txt

gi() {
    local query="$@"
    local url="https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/$query"
    local result

    # Fetch the .gitignore template
    result=$(curl -sL "$url" 2>&1)
    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
        echo "Error: Failed to fetch data from $url (network or curl issue)."
        return 1
    fi

    # Check for API error response
    if [[ "$result" =~ [Ee][Rr][Rr][Oo][Rr] || "$result" =~ "Invalid template" ]]; then
        echo "Query '$query' has no match. See possible templates with 'gi list'."
        return 1
    fi

    # Handle 'list' command
    if [[ "$1" == "list" ]]; then
        echo "$result"
        return 0
    fi

    # Clean up the result (remove "Created by" comment)
    result=$(echo "$result" | grep -v "# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore")

    # Check if .gitignore exists
    if [[ -f .gitignore ]]; then
        echo "Appending to existing .gitignore for query: $query"
        echo "$result" >> .gitignore
    else
        echo "Creating new .gitignore for query: $query"
        echo "$result" > .gitignore
    fi

    echo "Successfully added .gitignore entries for '$query'."
}