Small, simple utility to download GitHub's .gitignore templates to the current directory.

NOTE: This is a quick utility I wrote to solve a slight annoyance I was regularly facing. It's definitely NOT production ready and should be seen just as a simple developer utility. Lots of panic()s that shouldn't be used in production! This is a developer tool where fail-fast was considered acceptable behavior.

• Usage
• Running on Docker
• Disclaimer

I recommend compiling this yourself and placing the binary somewhere on your $PATH. Assuming the compiled binary name is getignore:

• getignore will show the program's correct usage and fetch a list of available .gitignore templates

• getignore <language> will fetch available templates and download the corresponding template if found

Note that language templates are case-insensitive, meaning java == JAVA == Java, etc.

This utility can be executed from Docker/Podman if you're on a Linux environment (or any environment targeted by GOOS=linux).

If you're using Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$(pwd):/app" \
  --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  ghcr.io/sowtag/getignore:latest <language>

If you're using Podman (note on Fedora/other SELinux-protected systems you must add :Z to the volume mount, leaving you with -v $(pwd):/app:Z):

podman run --rm \
  -v "$(pwd):/app" \
  ghcr.io/sowtag/getignore:latest <language>

This utility uses GitHub's anonymous API. Given that the main use I'll give it is very sporadic, I haven't bothered to implement things like caching or authentication. This utility is not suitable for usage in bulk/scripts as it will reach GitHub's rate limits rather quickly. A decision was made to keep the tool simple.