This is a small tool that helps you to merge github/gitignore presets into your .gitignore file
git clone git://github.com/github/gitignore
export GITIGNORE_REPO="`cd gitignore; pwd`"
git clone git://github.com/tilltheis/utilities.git
ln -s "`pwd`/utilities/gitignore" /usr/local/bin/gitignore
echo "Please add the following to the end of your ~/.bashrc (~/.profile on Mac):"
echo "export GITIGNORE_REPO='${GITIGNORE_REPO}'"
description: Update the local .gitignore from a repository of predefined ignore lists.
usage: gitignore language
usage: gitignore 'list'
example: gitignore Ruby
example: gitignore Global/Eclipse
example: gitignore list