gitblind

Version: 1.0.2

Author: FaizChishtie

Keep files in local git repositories that'll never be committed.

Why?

Sometimes you need to keep a file in your repository that you don't want to commit. For example, you might have a local.sh script file that you don't want to commit to your repository. You could add it to your .gitignore file, but that adds unnecessary clutter to that file. gitblind solves this problem by blinding files in your repository so that they'll never be committed.

How?

gitblind adds files or patterns you choose to blind to your local .git/info/exclude file. This file is not tracked by git, so it won't be committed to your repository.

Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Blind a file
  • Blind a pattern
  • List all blinded files
  • Unblind a file
  • Reset all blinded files

Installation

You can install gitblind with npm:

npm install -g gitblind

You can also install it with yarn:

yarn global add gitblind

Usage

Blind a file

Blinding a file is as simple as running gitblind in the root of your repository:

gitblind .my-secret-file

You can also blind multiple files at once:

gitblind .my-secret-file .another-secret-file

You can also blind a directory:

gitblind /my-secret-directory

Blinding a directory will blind all files in that directory.

Blind a pattern

You can also blind a pattern:

gitblind *.sh

This will blind all files that end in .sh.

List all blinded files

You can list all blinded files by running gitblind with the ls command:

gitblind ls

Unblind a file

You can unblind a file by running gitblind with the rm command:

gitblind rm .my-secret-file

You can also unblind multiple files at once:

gitblind rm .my-secret-file .another-secret-file

You can also unblind a directory:

gitblind rm /my-secret-directory

Reset all blinded files

You can reset all blinded files by running gitblind with the reset command:

Note: You must use the -c flag to confirm that you want to reset all blinded files.

gitblind reset -c

This will remove all blinded files from your .git/info/exclude file.