Command Line

git config --global alias.ignore \
'!gi() { curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/[email protected] ;}; gi'

echo "function gi() { curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/\[email protected] ;}" >> \
~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

echo "function gi() { curl -sLw "\n" https://www.gitignore.io/api/\[email protected] ;}" >> \
~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

printf "function gi\n\tcurl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$argv\nend\n" > \
~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish

echo "function gi() { curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/\[email protected] ;}" >> \
~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

echo "function gi() { curl -sLw "\n" https://www.gitignore.io/api/\[email protected] ;}" >> \
~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

printf "function gi\n\tcurl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$argv\nend\n" > \
~/.config/fish/functions/gi.fish

#For PowerShell v3
Function gig {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string[]]$list
  )
  $params = ($list | ForEach-Object { [uri]::EscapeDataString($_) }) -join ","
  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.gitignore.io/api/$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()
  $wc.DownloadFile("https://www.gitignore.io/api/$params", "$PWD\.gitignore")
}

@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.gitignore.io/api/%*