add-gitignore on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 09,2025

1. Install "add-gitignore" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install add-gitignore on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                add-gitignore
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall add-gitignore on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                add-gitignore
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "add-gitignore" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone add-gitignore's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/add-gitignore.git 
            
                        
                ~/add-gitignore
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/add-gitignore folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/add-gitignore
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the add-gitignore package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 894397
Name: add-gitignore
PackageBaseID: 150615
PackageBase: add-gitignore
Version: 1.1.1-2
Description: An interactive CLI tool that adds a .gitignore to your projects
URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/add-gitignore
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Nyasaki
Submitter: ragouel
FirstSubmitted: 1584960664
LastModified: 1618782565
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/add-gitignore.tar.gz