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gibo: fast access to .gitignore boilerplates
gibo (short for .gitignore boilerplates) is a command-line tool to help you easily access .gitignore boilerplates from github.com/github/gitignore.
Typical usage
gibo dump Swift Xcode >> .gitignore
For additional usage instructions, run gibo help
.
Installation
Using Homebrew
brew install gibo
Or use the tap, which may be slightly more up-to-date:
brew install simonwhitaker/tap/gibo
Using Scoop
On Windows, you can install gibo using Scoop:
scoop bucket add main
scoop install main/gibo
Using Chocolatey
choco install gibo
Using the Go toolchain
go install github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo@latest
Building from source
Clone the repo, then:
cd gibo
go install .
Downloading a binary
Download the latest release for your platform, then put gibo
(or gibo.exe
) somewhere on your path.
Installation on Docker
docker run --rm simonwhitaker/gibo
Tab completion in bash, zsh, fish and Powershell
See the instructions at:
gibo completion
Use gibo to generate .hgignore files
The glob
.hgignore syntax for Mercurial is compatible with .gitignore syntax. This means that you can use gibo to generate .hgignore files, as long as the .hgignore files use the glob
syntax:
echo 'syntax: glob' > .hgignore
gibo dump Python >> .hgignore
Credits
gibo was written by Simon Whitaker (@s1mn)