gignore 2014.10.28

Overview

gignore Get .gitignore files from github/gitignore.

CLI

gignore comes with a Command Line Interface and works just like any other unix based command line application.

The output of gignore will be echo out to command line and can be simply pipe to other applications.

Usage

CLI

$ gignore Python
# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
....

Backend

>>> from gignore import Gignore
>>> gig = Gignore('Python')
>>> gig.get_gitignore_file()
>>> print(gig.get_file_content())
# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]

# C extensions
*.so

# Distribution / packaging
.Python
# ....
>>>

Supported Python Versions

gignore currently can be run on multiple python versions:

• Python 2 (2.7)

• Python 3 (3.2, 3.3, 3.4)

• PyPy

Installation

gignore is available on pypi

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gignore

So easily install it by pip

$ pip install gignore

Or by easy_install

$ easy_install gignore

Another way is by cloning python-gignore’s git repo

$ git clone git://github.com/Alir3z4/python-gignore.git

Then install it by running:

$ python setup.py install

Authors

gignore was originally created in the late 2014 at home, the bedroom division of the Alireza’s place somewhere on planet earth maybe.

The PRIMARY AUTHORS are (and/or have been):

• Alireza Savand <alireza.savand@gmail.com>

• François‎

And here is an inevitably incomplete list of MUCH-APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTORS – people who have submitted patches, reported bugs, added translations, helped answer newbie questions, and generally made gignore that much better:

• Alireza Savand <alireza.savand@gmail.com>

A big THANK YOU goes to:

• François‎ for convincing Alireza to start the project.

• Guido van Rossum for creating Python.

License

gignore is distributed under the terms of BSD license.