You can install this utility using pip
using the package name ignore-from-github
.
pip install ignore-from-github
ignore
allows you to quickly add common sets of file types to your .gitignore
file.
$ ignore python
$ cat .gitignore
# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*$py.class
# C extensions
*.so
.
.
.
It pulls the appropriate .gitignore
file from https://github.com/github/gitignore
, appends to your local .gitignore
, and git commit
s just the .gitignore
file.