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!https://docs.gitignore.io/install/command-line

Date: May 29, 2025

Image: Command Line | gitignore.io / docs — To run gitignore.io from your command line you need an active internet connection and an environment function. You need to add a function to your environment that lets you access the gitignore.io API. <https://docs.gitignore.io/~gitbook/ogimage/-LIvvKfMD3PkcDQCppzH> Command Line | gitignore.io / docs To run gitignore.io from your command line you need an active internet connection and an environment function. You need to add a function to your environment that lets you access the gitignore.io API. docs.gitignore.io

This is a very interesting cli, its so simple. I stumbled accross the gi command awhile back and was like pfft, I dont want to install something for that. Didn’t even realize that you don’t install it, its just http. Their install instructions lead you to putting a curl funtion in your bashrc.

```
function gi() { curl -sLw \"\\\n\" https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/\$@ ;}
```

This now has me wondering “What else can build like this?”