ojhel

Interactive CLI to generate project-specific .gitignore files with zero configuration.

Features

• 5 Project Types: Vite React, Next.js, Express, Fastify, Vanilla JS
• Language Support: TypeScript and JavaScript
• Interactive Prompts: Simple, guided setup
• Smart File Handling: Append to or override existing .gitignore
• Next.js Support: Automatically creates next-env.d.ts
• Zero Config: Works out of the box

Installation & Usage

Quick Start (Recommended)

# We Can use a npx/bunx 
pnx ojhel

Install Globally

pnpm add -g ojhel
ojhel

How It Works

1. Select your project type
2. Choose your language (TypeScript or JavaScript)
3. Decide what to do if .gitignore already exists
4. Generated files appear in your project root

Supported Project Types

| Project Type | Description | |-------------|-------------| | Vite React | Modern React with Vite bundler | | Next.js | React framework with server-side rendering | | Express | Minimal Node.js web framework | | Fastify | High-performance Node.js framework | | Vanilla JS | Minimal JavaScript project |

What Gets Generated

All Project Types

• .gitignore with project-specific patterns

Next.js Only

• next-env.d.ts (TypeScript environment types)

.gitignore Patterns

Vite React

• Node modules, dependencies, lock files
• Vite build output (dist/, dist-ssr/, *.local)
• IDE configs, OS files
• Logs and environment variables
• TypeScript build info (if selected)

Next.js

• Next.js specific (.next/, out/, *.pem)
• Prisma client
• Test coverage
• Environment, IDE, OS, and log files
• TypeScript patterns (if selected)

Express / Fastify

• All Node.js patterns (logs, dependencies, build)
• Runtime data (pids, seeds)
• Coverage reports
• Cache files
• TypeScript patterns (if selected)

Vanilla JS

• Minimal setup: node_modules/, .env, dist/
• IDE, OS, and log files

Handling Existing .gitignore

If .gitignore already exists, ojhel offers two options:

1. Append - Adds new patterns to the end of existing file
2. Override - Replaces the entire file with generated patterns

Environment Variables

No configuration needed. ojhel works with sensible defaults:

• .env files are always ignored
• Package manager lock files (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock.json) are ignored
• IDE directories (.vscode/, .idea/) are ignored

TypeScript Support

When you select TypeScript, additional patterns are added:

• *.tsbuildinfo - TypeScript build cache
• Build output directories

Publishing to npm

This package is published to npm as ojhel. Users can run it immediately without installation:

pnpm dlx ojhel

Development

Setup

pnpm install

Build

pnpm build

Development Mode

pnpm dev

Type Check

pnpm type

Make Changes to the Remote NPM:

npm version patch npm publish git push && git push --tags

Lint

pnpm lint

License

MIT

Author

Dipesh