💭 Command Line | gitignore.io / docs
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!https://docs.gitignore.io/install/command-line

Date: May 29, 2025

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 [1]

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.

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

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

!!! note

 This post is a thought [2]. It's a short note that I make
 about someone else's content online #thoughts [3]

References:
[1]: https://docs.gitignore.io/install/command-line
[2]: /thoughts/
[3]: /tags/thoughts/