.ignore 4.x

Introduction

.ignore is a plugin for:

files in your project. It supports the following IDEs:

Files syntax highlight
Templates filtering and selecting in rules generator by name and content
User custom templates
Show ignored files by specified Gitignore file (right-click on .gitignore file)
Create a file in the currently selected directory
Generate Gitignore rules basing on GitHub's templates collection
Add a selected file/directory to Gitignore rules from the popup menu
Suggesting .gitignore file creation for a new project
Entries inspection (duplicated, covered, unused, incorrect syntax, relative entries) with quick-fix actions
Comments and brackets support
Navigation to entries in Project view
Renaming entries from a dot-ignore file
Close opened ignored files action
Custom user templates with import/export features

Since v4.0.0, .ignore plugin updates will be delivered only to the latest stable IDE version.

No worries! It means .ignore for all IDE version from before - 139-193 - will be frozen at v3.x.x.

Using IDE built-in plugin system:
- Preferences > Plugins > Browse repositories... > Search for ".ignore" > Install Plugin
Manually:
- Download the latest release and install it manually using Preferences > Plugins > Install plugin from disk...

Restart IDE.

Generate a new file and templates usage

To generate new ignore file, just click on File > New or use Alt + Insert shortcut and select .ignore file element.
Support for typing new rules, linking rules with matched files
Code inspections

Code inspections covers few cases:
- duplicated entries (checks if entry is defined more than once)
- covered entries - entry is covered by more general one
- unused entries
- incorrect syntax (regexp rules)
- relative entries