Inweb provides a system for generating .gitignore files, for use with the git version control system, much like its system for generating README Files. The command inweb make-gitignore works almost exactly like inweb make-readme, and once again generates a makefile from a script:

$ inweb make-gitignore smorgasbord
smorgasbord/smorgasbord.giscript -> smorgasbord/.gitignore

Note that this resulting file may be "hidden" in some operating systems, on account of the name beginning with a .: for example, it will usually not be displayed by the Finder in MacOS.

As for README scripts, the braces { and } are significant, and all of the same rules apply: {set ...} can create variables, {repeat ...} can provide loops, {define ...} can create new macros.

Just one gitignore-related macro is additionally provided:

• {basics}, which instructs git to ignore any woven output in the subdirectory Woven or tangled output in Tangled, and also any ctags file.