KO | EN

GitLite

Minimalist Open Source Repository Search Engine

gitlite — search

#dsh #dsh-plugin #typescript #developer-tools #claude-code #ai-agent #codex #deepseek-harness #ai-agents #cli #react #mcp

gig

★ 38 Open GitHub ↗

Generate .gitignore files from the command line or programmatically, in Python

// repository documentation

Was this content helpful?

★ 0 (0 ratings)

# gig

[![PyPI Latest Version](https://badgen.net/pypi/v/gig)](https://pypi.org/project/gig/)
[![Build Status](https://github.com/sloria/gig/actions/workflows/build-release.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sloria/gig/actions/workflows/build-release.yml)

A CLI to create .gitignore files, to keep your source control so fresh and clean.

![Andre](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Andr%C3%A93000.jpg)

## Run with uvx

If you have [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) installed, you can run `gig` as a one-off command with:

```
$ uvx gig Python > .gitignore
```

## Install/Upgrade

```
$ pip install -U gig
```

Or, run it with [pipx](https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx):

```
$ pipx run gig --help
```

## Usage

In the shell. . .

```
$ gig Python Ruby > .gitignore
```

Or, programmatically, in Python. . .

```python
>>> import gig
>>> gig.generate_gitignore(["Clojure"])
u'\n### Clojure ###\nLeiningen.gitignore'
```

You can also generate global `.gitignore_global` files. For more info, see [here](https://help.github.com/en/articles/ignoring-files#create-a-global-gitignore).

```
$ gig macOS VisualStudioCode --global > ~/.gitignore_global
```

To get a list of available templates. . .

```
$ gig list
$ gig list --global
```

For more help, run `gig --help`.

## Requirements

- Python >= 3.10
- Internet connection

## License

MIT Licensed.

## Changelog

### unreleased

- Support Python 3.10-3.14.

### 1.2.0 (2024-01-10)

- Support Python 3.8-Python 3.12. Older versions no longer supported.

### 1.1.0 (2019-06-30)

- Add `--no-header`.

### 1.0.0 (2019-06-27)

- Write to `stdout`.
- Only Python>=3.6 is supported.

### 0.2.0 (2013-09-09)

- Add support for global gitignore files.

### 0.1.0 (2013-09-07)

- First release.

gig

Explore Similar Repositories

Was this content helpful?

Recent Feedback

Download README