Command Line
To run gitignore.io from your command line you need an active internet connection and an environment function. You need to add a function to your environment that lets you access the gitignore.io API.
git config --global alias.ignore \
'!gi() { curl -sL https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/$@ ;}; gi'
echo "function gi() { curl -sL https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$@ ;}" >> \
~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
echo "function gi() { curl -sLw \"\\\n\" https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$@ ;}" >> \
~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
printf "function gi\n\tcurl -sL https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$argv\nend\n" > \
~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish
echo "function gi() { curl -sL https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$@ ;}" >> \
~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile
echo "function gi() { curl -sLw \"\\\n\" https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$@ ;}" >> \
~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
printf "function gi\n\tcurl -sL https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$argv\nend\n" > \
~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish
Paste the following scripts inside your PowerShell profile (run
$profile inside PowerShell to get the profile's location path).#For PowerShell v3
Function gig {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string[]]$list
)
$params = ($list | ForEach-Object { [uri]::EscapeDataString($_) }) -join ","
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/$params" | select -ExpandProperty content | Out-File -FilePath $(Join-Path -path $pwd -ChildPath ".gitignore") -Encoding ascii
}
#For PowerShell v2
Function gig {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string[]]$list
)
$params = ($list | ForEach-Object { [uri]::EscapeDataString($_) }) -join ","
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.Headers["User-Agent"] = "PowerShell/" + $PSVersionTable["PSVersion"].ToString()
$wc.DownloadFile("https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/$params", "$PWD\.gitignore")
}
Create a Command Line Prompt Script If you have installed msysgit), create
gi.cmd with content below. And copy it to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\gi.cmd, assuming msysgit was installed to c:\Program Files\Git. Make sure that C:\Program Files\Git\cmd is added to the environment variable path.@rem Do not use "echo off" to not affect any child calls.
@setlocal
@rem Get the abolute path to the parent directory, which is assumed to be the
@rem Git installation root.
@for /F "delims=" %%I in ("%~dp0..") do @set git_install_root=%%~fI
@for /F "delims=" %%I in ("%~dp0..") do @set git_mingw_root=%%~fI\mingw
@if not exist "%git_mingw_root%" @set git_mingw_root=%git_install_root%\mingw64
@set PATH=%git_install_root%\bin;%git_mingw_root%\bin;%PATH%
@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
@curl.exe -L -s https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/%*
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