build-ignore

Build-Ignore

A post-checkout hook script that generates a .gitignore based on branch name for when different .gitignores are needed

Install

yarn add build-ignore -D

or

npm i build-ignore -D

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Use

In order to use build-ignore you will need to create a gitignores directory with a text file using the name of your branch specific gitignore as well as your regular(master) gitingore.

- ./gitignores
  |_ gitingore_master.txt
  |_ gitingore_specialBranch.txt

From your terminal run ./node_modules/.bin/build-ignore. It will check the current branch and look for it in the gitignores folder. If one is not found it will create one using the gitingore_master.txt file.

Consider using a githooks module like husky to have code run automatically with post-checkout hook.

Will have to add .gitignore to each gitignore text file in order to avoid having to mess with tracking of actual .gitignore.