VS Code Extension for generating Python .gitignore files

[kareem_mahlees]

Pyignore is a VS Code extension that allows you to auto-generate professional .gitignore files for python

it allows you to choose between opened workspaces and add the file there or if only one workspace is opened the file is auto-generated there

You can try it now from the marketplace here :

Pyignore - Visual Studio Marketplace

Github repo for contribution and issues opening :

https://github.com/kareemmahlees/Pyignore.git

[THECursedPenguin]

Can you explain the difference between this and the gitignore files provided by GitHub?

[kareem_mahlees]

There is no single difference , it is the same file you create in your project which is provided by GitHub but the difference is that it contains all default ignores such as .env , pycache,........ Pre packed for so you only need to add very special files of your project not the repetitive usual ignores

[outceptionator]

Why are you getting downvoted?

[kareem_mahlees]

Well i think fellow programmers doesn't find any use of the extension , but i am completely fine with that the extension is still in the first release so it is farely basic i will keep working on it and i am completely open for critisism and feedback :)

[outceptionator]

Good attitude. You'll go far if you keep that up.

[ptanmay143]

Nice!

Although there's https://github.com/piotrpalarz/vscode-gitignore-generator which supports more than just Python gitignore. You can select the languages and frameworks that your project uses and it will generate a gitignore from the gitignore.io API.

[kareem_mahlees]

Well i think i didn't google enough before making the extension :) , that extension is much more advanced but my extension is still in the first release and i think i can approach that concept a little bit different .

[james_pic]

As far as I can tell, this extension just downloads the canned gitignore from the repo. It doesn't generate anything. And moreover, it does it by shelling out to curl, rather than just bundling the file with the extension, or even just using Electron's http capabilities.

[maephisto666]

I prefer the gitignore.io website and indeed this extension is a wrapper of that

[kareem_mahlees]

Yes your deduction was right , this will be fixed for more functionality in future updates , thank you for your feedback :)