🔥 generate-gitignore.sh

A simple, interactive Bash script to generate a .gitignore file using the gitignore.io API. Supports common programming languages, frameworks, IDEs, and DevOps tools.

📦 Features

• Interactive CLI menu with 25+ popular stacks
• Supports custom inputs (e.g., dotnet,android,unity)
• Generates a proper .gitignore instantly
• Adds optional .gitignore description to your README.md
• Includes DevOps stacks: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.

🧰 Dependencies

• bash
• curl

🖥️ Usage

chmod +x generate-gitignore.sh
./generate-gitignore.sh

📘 Example Output

Select one or more stacks (space-separated numbers), or type 'c' for custom input:
 1) Python
 2) Node
 3) Java
 ...
 c) Custom (type your own comma-separated values)
Your choice: 1 2 14

Generating .gitignore for: python,node,react
.gitignore successfully created.
Do you want to append a note to README.md about .gitignore? (y/n): y
Note added to README.md

✅ Supported Stacks

• Languages: Python, Node.js, Java, Go, Ruby, C++, JavaScript
• Frameworks: React, Angular, Next.js, Flask, Django, Laravel, Unity
• DevOps Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLabCI, GitHubActions, Jenkins, Ansible, Helm
• Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
• IDEs: Visual Studio Code

🙌 Contributions

Pull requests and new stack suggestions welcome!

📄 License

MIT License