Crate gitignores

Each gitignore is available as a variant of one of three enums:

dbg!(
    gitignores::Root::Rust,
    gitignores::Global::Emacs,
    gitignores::Community::Racket,
);

The enums implement Display / .to_string(), which will return the contents of the gitignore file (only when the std feature is enabled, and the no-contents feature disabled):

println!("{}", gitignores::Root::Rust);
gitignores::Global::Emacs.to_string();

The enums also implement a GitIgnore trait:

trait GitIgnore {
    /// The contents of the gitignore
    ///
    /// Returns an empty string if the `no-contents` feature is enabled.
    fn contents(self) -> &'static str;

    /// The file name of the gitignore
    fn file_name(self) -> &'static str;

    /// The full path of the gitignore relative to repo root
    fn file_path(self) -> &'static str;

    /// The list of all included gitignores
    fn list() -> Vec<&'static str>;
}

Finally, there is a constant with the git reference of the commit the crate was built from:

dbg!(gitignores::GIT_COMMIT_REF);

This is also available in the package.metadata.gitignores table in the Cargo manifest.

Features

By default all gitignores are included, but you can customise this as granularily as you wish. To get started with selecting your custom set, first disable the default features:

[dependencies.gitignores]
default-features = false
features = []

Collections

Feature name	Path in github/gitignore repo	Path in crate
root	/*.gitignore	Root
global	/Global/**/*.gitignore	Global
community	/community/**/*.gitignore	Community

Individual gitignores

Each gitignore can be enabled with the <collection>-<name> feature. Gitignores in subfolders have the folder name prepended to the name, like <collection>-<folder>-<name>, all lowercase.

Other

• no-contents: omit the embedded file contents, leaving only the metadata.
• std: implement the Display trait on the enums (except without no-contents).

Examples

All globals and only Rust root

[dependencies.gitignores]
default-features = false
features = ["global", "root-rust"]

Some specific gitignores

[dependencies.gitignores]
default-features = false
features = ["community-racket", "global-emacs", "root-commonlisp"]

Versioning

This crate respects semver!

It will bump the major version (breaking release) when:

• Gitignores disappear from a collection
• Gitignores move from a collection to another
• Gitignores are renamed
• The minimum required Rust version increases

It will bump the minor version when:

• New gitignores are added to a collection

It will bump the patch version when:

• Gitignore contents change

Enums

Community

Global

Root

Constants

CONTENT_HASH

The BLAKE3 hash of the contents of every file in generator order.

GIT_COMMIT_REF

The git commit hash of the gitignore repository when this crate was generated.

Traits

GitIgnore

Common methods for all gitignore collection enums