How I keep my GitIgnore Updated

by Jonathan Whitmore on 2011-03-02

The bash script that keeps my gitignore file up to date — I store it in ~/Dropbox/scripts/git.

#!/bin/bash
# gitignore.bash
# Created 2011-03-02 by Jonathan Whitmore
# JonathanWhitmore.com
# If you find a smarter way of doing this, please let me know.
 
GITIGNOREFILE=.gitignore   # the global git-ignore reference file
CALENDARDATE=$(date "+%Y.%m.%d") 
 
PACKAGES="Python
LaTeX" # Packages in the git-ignore repository
 
GLOBALPACKAGES="TextMate
OSX
Vi
vim
Linux" # They also have "global" packages -- not sure why they are in different locations
 
cd ~/gitignore # Make sure in the git repository
git pull # Get everything up to date
cd # Go back to home directory
 
# Record date file updated
if [ -f $GITIGNOREFILE ]
  then
  echo "Moving $GITIGNOREFILE to $GITIGNOREFILE.$CALENDARDATE"
  mv $GITIGNOREFILE $GITIGNOREFILE.$CALENDARDATE
fi
 
echo -n "Updated: " >> $GITIGNOREFILE
date "+%Y-%m-%d %R" >> $GITIGNOREFILE
 
function commentbanner {
  echo 
  echo "# =========="
  echo "# = $1" 
  echo "# =========="
  echo 
}
 
for package in $PACKAGES
do
  echo Installing $package
  commentbanner $package >> $GITIGNOREFILE
  cat gitignore/$package.gitignore >> $GITIGNOREFILE
done
 
for global in $GLOBALPACKAGES
do
  echo Installing $global
  commentbanner $global >> $GITIGNOREFILE
  cat gitignore/Global/$global.gitignore >> $GITIGNOREFILE
done