CLI command to add files to gitignore-CodePudding

I'm working in a highly nested project and want to add some files to gitignore from the shell, but it's a bit of a pain working relative paths.

I can do a one liner like this (wrapped for legibility):

echo file |
xargs -n1 greadlink -f |
xargs realpath --relative-to=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) \
  > $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.gitignore

but if feels like there should be something a better like git addtoignore file. Is there a simple, reliable command I can use to add a file to the gitignore without dealing with relative path names.

CodePudding user response：

Beside using multiple .gitignore, allowing you to add file directly, the other approach is to use find, assuming your file name is unique enough.

cd /path/to/repo
find . -name "file" >> .gitignore