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Use when the user wants to fetch and contextualize a GitHub repository for future reference.
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| name | gitingest |
| description | Use when the user wants to fetch and contextualize a GitHub repository for future reference. |
| metadata | {"author":"ivy"} |
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https://github.com/{user/repo}Natural language filters map to options:
-i "*.py"-e "test/*" -e "*_test.py"-b developmkdir -p docs/reference/
gitingest [OPTIONS] -o docs/reference/<user>-<repo>.txt <url>
Options:
| Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
-o PATH | Output file (required) |
-i PATTERN | Include pattern (repeatable) |
-e PATTERN | Exclude pattern (repeatable) |
-b NAME | Branch |
-s BYTES | Max file size |
--include-gitignored | Include .gitignore'd files |
--include-submodules | Include submodules |
-t TOKEN | GitHub PAT for private repos |
/gitingest rails → rails/rails to docs/reference/rails-rails.txt
/gitingest jdx/mise only rust → -i "*.rs" filter
/gitingest user/repo exclude tests → -e "test/*" -e "*_test.py"
/gitingest https://github.com/x/y branch main
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