changed .gitignore file handling/creation

README.md

@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Intro
 
-blah blah blah
+## Git
+
+Git is available to be used as the version control system for new projects. Select/Deselect within the `scaffold-<PROJECTTYPE>.toml` file.
+
+***Please Note** that if you also use it for your configuration files and sample directories, then a .gitignore file within your sample directory will interfere with git's ability to track your skeletons/templates properly. So, to allow for this, put what you normally would in a .gitignore file into a GITIGNORE file in your sample directory. And scaffold will convert it to a .gitignore file within your newProject directory.
+
+If you are NOT using git to track your project types and samples/skeletons/templates, then no problem, just place a .gitignore file within the sample directory as you would any other file.

data-strings.go

@@ -10,3 +10,33 @@ Usage examples:
 scaffold go NewGoProject
 scaffold py aPythonProject
 `
+
+// var gi_template = `%s
+// .env
+// *.env
+// .env.toml
+
+// cfg/*.toml
+// cfg/.env
+// cfg/*.env
+// cfg/.env*
+// *.toml
+
+// build/
+// buildTime.txt
+// buildVersion.txt
+// `
+
+// var gi_py_template = `%s
+// .env
+// *.env
+// .env.toml
+
+// cfg/*.toml
+// cfg/.env
+// cfg/*.env
+// cfg/.env*
+// *.toml
+
+// bin/
+// `

main.go

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	// run init commands
 
+	switch projType {
+	case "go":
 		// make mod file
 		modpath := npsetup.Module_basepath + sep + newProjectName
 		_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "init", modpath).Output()
@@ -169,6 +171,8 @@ func main() {
 		_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "tidy").Output()
 		ifFerr("Unable to update the mod file with a tidy", err)
 		fmt.Println("Updated go.mod")
+	case "py":
+	}
 
 	// setup git
 	if npsetup.Setup_git {
@@ -176,6 +180,33 @@ func main() {
 		_, err = exec.Command("git", "init").Output()
 		ifFerr("Unable to initialize git repository", err)
 
+		nifd, err := os.Create(".gitignore")
+		ifFerr("Unable to create .gitignore file", err)
+		defer nifd.Close()
+
+		var gi_content string
+		var gi_in []byte = []byte("bin/")
+
+		gisrc, err := os.Open("GITIGNORE")
+		if err == nil { // assume error means there is no source file
+			gi_in, err = io.ReadAll(gisrc)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Unable to read GITIGNORE, using default content")
+			}
+			gi_content = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n\n%s", newProjectName, string(gi_in))
+
+			_, err = nifd.WriteString(gi_content)
+			ifFerr("Unable to write .gitignore content", err)
+			fmt.Println("Wrote .gitignore content")
+
+			// remove GITIGNORE
+			err = os.Remove("GITIGNORE")
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Unable to remove GITIGNORE file")
+			}
+		}
+		defer gisrc.Close()
+
 		// stage files
 		_, err = exec.Command("git", "add", ".").Output()
 		ifFerr("Unable to stage files prior to first commit", err)