git-ignore

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w

# Create a default gitignore file in the passed directory
#
# AUTHOR: Daniel Lopes
#         September 10, 2009
#
# USAGE:
#   git-ignore . "aditional_file1 aditional_file2"
require 'pathname'

file_name     = Pathname.new(ARGV[0])+".gitignore"
ignore_files  = ARGV[1].split(" ").join("\n")

content = <<FILE
config/database.yml
db/schema.rb
db/schema.sql
coverage/*
doc/*
log/*.log
log/*.out
log/*.pid
tmp/**/*
tmp/.*
tmp/profile*
uploads/*
vendor/**/**/doc/*
.DS_Store
.project
ssl/*
Icon?
#{ignore_files}
FILE

File.open(file_name,"w+") do |f|
  f.write(content)
end