gitignore.plugin.zsh

April 9, 2026 · View on GitHub

ZSH plugin for creating .gitignore files.

Demo

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Usage

# Write templates to the standard output
gitignore TEMPLATE

# Append templates to the local .gitignore file
gitignore-append TEMPLATE

# Open .gitignore file in editor ($EDITOR)
gitignore-edit

Example:

gitignore vim eclipse symfony

Aliases

For convenience, the following aliases are provided:

gi: Alias for gitignore
gia: Alias for gitignore-append
gie: Alias for gitignore-edit

Installation

Zinit

zinit light voronkovich/gitignore.plugin.zsh

Zplug

zplug "voronkovich/gitignore.plugin.zsh"

Oh My Zsh

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/voronkovich/gitignore.plugin.zsh ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/gitignore

Edit .zshrc to enable the plugin:

plugins=(... gitignore)

Manual

Clone this repo:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/voronkovich/gitignore.plugin.zsh path/to/repo

And add this into your .zshrc:

source path/to/repo/gitignore.plugin.zsh

Advanced Usage

Global gitignore

The plugin also supports global gitignore files. To use the global gitignore file instead of the local one, add the --global flag to any command:

# Show current global gitignore file's content
gitignore -g

# Append templates to the global gitignore file
gitignore-append -g TEMPLATE

# Open global gitignore file in editor ($EDITOR)
gitignore-edit -g

Custom templates

If you want to override an existing template or add your own custom one, you can use an environment variable ZSH_PLUGIN_GITIGNORE_TEMPLATE_PATHS (it behaves like the $PATH variable):

export ZSH_PLUGIN_GITIGNORE_TEMPLATE_PATHS="${HOME}/.gitignore_templates:${ZSH_PLUGIN_GITIGNORE_TEMPLATE_PATHS}:/etc/global_gitignore"

Updating templates

Every day a GitHub Actions scheduled workflow runs a job that updates a submodule with templates and commits the changes. So, templates are always up to date. You should just use zinit update.