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npx gitignore

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

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Nikhil Wankhade

thank you for sharing

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Nick Taylor

I have more tips like this 👇

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rxliuli • 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
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Nick Taylor

Noice!

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Pranav Karawale

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

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Nick Taylor

Amy Poehler being cool

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Thomas Bnt • Edited

Badass command 😎

(Also cool to integrate Twitch video in your post)

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Chow Yun-fat giving a thumbs up

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Diego (Relatable Code)

Useful tip, thanks for sharing!

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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby doing a cheers

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Hardeep Kumar

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