Rather than create my .gitignore file by hand or copy from a previous project, I do not prefer this method. Is there a quicker way to generate the .gitignore file with many of the things I don’t want to be tracked by Git to be included in it.
ANSWER
Intellij IDEA
Plugin: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7495–ignore/
Add that to your Intellij IDEA app. There is a button in that page to automatically download and install this plugin. Make sure the Intellij app is running before hitting that button.
Or you could simply download, then install manually. Select the Versions tab in the plugin page. Choose the version you want to download. Find the zipped file in your “downloads” folder.
To install manually, head over to: Settings > Plugins > (gear icon) > Install Plugin from Disk
The gear icon might be different with other versions of IntelliJ.
The plugin should be activated already, not needing an app restart.
Eclipse
For Eclipse, I’m not sure of a plugin that has pre-defined lists. I can right click on a folder/file and add to .gitignore (Team > Ignore), is what I did before. Haven’t tried an Eclipse Marketplace search.
Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Click extension then type in “gitignore” in the search box. Look for the extension by CodeZombie. Versions as of this writing is 0.7.0.
To use, do the following:
Start command palette (with Ctrl+Shift+P or F1) and start typing Add gitignoreOther
Another way is to go to gitignore.io OR github.com/github/gitignore and get a generated .gitignore template from there. Search/select the application, OS you want. Then copy/download the generated templates.