argy.py

# This script adds and removes .gitignore files to a Visual Studio
# project. It is useful when temporary versioning a project with Git.

# TODO: add command line handling so the user can specify -r or -a 
# on the command line, along with the directory name to handle.

import sys
import os.path
import os

def createSolutionGitIgnore(path):
    f = file(os.path.join(path, ".gitignore"), "w")
    f.write("*.suo\n")
    f.write("*.vssscc\n")
    f.close()

def createProjectGitIgnore(path):
    f = file(os.path.join(path, ".gitignore"), "w")
    f.write("bin/*\n")
    f.write("obj/*\n")
    f.write("*.vspscc\n")
    f.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    #os.chdir(r"C:\Temp\Mentolisp")
    arg = "-a"
    for cwd, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
        for filename in files:
            if arg == '-a':
                if filename.endswith(".csproj"):
                    createProjectGitIgnore(cwd)
                if filename.endswith(".sln"):
                    createSolutionGitIgnore(cwd)               
            elif arg == '-r':
                if filename.endswith(".csproj") or filename.endswith(".sln"):
                    os.unlink(os.path.join(cwd, ".gitignore"))