Ignoreinit

Ignoreinit is a tool for creating .gitignore files from the command line. Gitignore files are pulled from github/gitignore repo.

Usage

List available templates

Prints the available templates from github/gitignore.

ignoreinit list

Search available templates

Finds matching templates by exact name, partial name, or close spelling.

ignoreinit search <term>

Generate shell completions

Prints shell completion scripts for bash, zsh, fish, or PowerShell.

ignoreinit completion <bash|zsh|fish|powershell>

Create new .gitignore

Creates new .gitignore based on given templates in defined location (either relative or absolute).

ignoreinit init <template...> <location>

If location is omitted, ignoreinit writes to the current directory. Use explicit path syntax such as ./my-project for a relative location. Pass multiple templates to combine them:

ignoreinit init go node terraform
ignoreinit init go node terraform ./my-project

Combined output is grouped with ignoreinit section markers. Merge mode keeps existing content first and avoids stacking duplicate generated section markers.

Use --print to write generated content to stdout instead of .gitignore:

ignoreinit init go node --print > .gitignore

Replace existing gitignore

Replaces existing .gitignore based on given templates in defined location (either relative or absolute).

ignoreinit replace <template...> <location>

Merge existing gitignore

Merges gitignore templates into existing .gitignore in defined location (either relative or absolute).

ignoreinit merge <template...> <location>

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Loupeznik/ignoreinit
cd ignoreinit
go build -o build/ignoreinit github.com/loupeznik/ignoreinit

Run with Docker

# Create .gitignore in the current directory
docker run --rm --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v ${PWD}:/work loupeznik/ignoreinit:latest init go .

# Create .gitignore in another directory directory
docker run --rm --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v $HOME/projects:/work loupeznik/ignoreinit:latest init go .

Install

Install via Snap

Ignoreinit is available as a snap for amd64 and arm64 based systems.

sudo snap install ignoreinit

Install via Homebrew

brew install --cask loupeznik/tap/ignoreinit

Install via AUR

yay -S ignoreinit-bin

Install via go

You may either install the executable directly into $GOPATH or download it from the release page.

git clone https://github.com/Loupeznik/ignoreinit
cd ignoreinit
go install github.com/loupeznik/ignoreinit

Or simply install the latest version with Go without needing to clone the repo:

go install github.com/loupeznik/ignoreinit@latest