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Tomasz Borek edited this page Apr 10, 2016 · 2 revisions

Gitignore.io

gitignore.io is a utility that is designed to help create useful .gitignore files for your project.

Origins

The origins of this project stem from me (@joeblau) doing dev-ops work where I constantly needed to create .gitignore templates. My original process was to go to GitHub's official repository, find the template I needed and copy the template down. Being a systems engineer, I wanted a command line tool that I could use automate the process. Also being a fan of Unix's tool philosophy, I wanted it to be a simple tool.

A tool is a simple program, usually designed for a specific purpose, it is sometimes referred to (at least throughout this document) as a command.

And finally I needed something that was centrally accessible so the repository could be updated in one location and everyone would have the benefits. This is how Gitignore.io grew to satisfy these requirements.

  1. Command Line Tool
  2. Open Source
  3. Cloud based
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