I’ve been there a lot: I’m using some kind of existing framework / tool / open source software which is awesome, but there is that tiny little thing that annoys me, and I’d like to change it.
This guide is based on the Ubuntu Installation Guide from the Gitorious Wiki, but it is a little outdated, so here’s my updated version.
For all of you who use Git on a daily basis, you probably know annoying it is to write .gitignore files yourself. But why do so? Someone else has already written them for you! Now for the really “lazy” ones, I wrote gemignore, which is a command-line utility which automatically adds snippets to you .gitignore files. Just take it for a test-drive:
Features planned as soon as I have the time to write them:
If you can think of a feature you’d like to see in gemignore feel free to post it as a comment. And please report any bugs you find here.