Nick Taylor

Posted on Mar 26, 2022 • Edited on Apr 3, 2022 • Originally published at iamdeveloper.com

npx gitignore

#tooling #npm #git

I've done this a few times on a live stream and there is always someone unaware of this so I wanted to share.

Assuming you have Node.js installed on your machine, you can run npx gitignore your_language, e.g. npx gitignore node, and it will generate a gitignore file for you for the given language.

Here's a clip from my stream today showing it in action. Maybe you'll find it useful in your next project!

Photo by Gabriel Heinzer on Unsplash

Top comments (9)

rxliuli • Mar 26 '22 • Edited

I added the sync subcommand to my self-created liuli-cli to synchronize configuration items

$ liuli-cli sync init
? Please select a configuration item to sync...
√ gitignore
√ jest
√ eslint-ts
√ commitlint
√ prettier
√ simplehooks

Nick Taylor • Mar 26 '22

Pranav Karawale • Mar 26 '22

Nice handy tool so that I don't have to curl the Node.gitignore file everytime 🙌

Nick Taylor • Mar 26 '22

Thomas Bnt • Mar 26 '22 • Edited

Badass command 😎

(Also cool to integrate Twitch video in your post)

Nick Taylor • Mar 26 '22

Diego (Relatable Code) • Mar 26 '22

Useful tip, thanks for sharing!

Nick Taylor • Mar 26 '22

Hardeep Kumar • Mar 28 '22

Hol' up. Wait a minute. It was this simple? Sheesh. -_-

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npx gitignore

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