gitingest

name	gitingest
description	Use when the user wants to fetch and contextualize a GitHub repository for future reference.

Fetch GitHub Repository Context

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS

Instructions

1. Parse Input

• Full URL: use directly
• user/repo: construct https://github.com/{user/repo}
• Single name: infer canonical repo (e.g., "rails" → "rails/rails"); if ambiguous, ask

2. Parse Filters

Natural language filters map to options:

• "only Python files" → -i "*.py"
• "exclude tests" → -e "test/*" -e "*_test.py"
• "branch develop" → -b develop

3. Build Command

mkdir -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

4. Execute & Confirm

1. Run the command
2. Read generated file to understand repo
3. Report: repo name, purpose, file location, filters applied

Examples

/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