Gets the list of available .gitignore templates, or their content, from GitHub.

Get-GitHubGitIgnore [-Name <String>] [-RawContent] [-AccessToken <String>] [-NoStatus] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Gets the list of available .gitignore templates, or their content, from GitHub.

The Git repo for this module can be found here: http://aka.ms/PowerShellForGitHub

Get-GitHubGitIgnore

Returns the list of all available .gitignore templates.

Get-GitHubGitIgnore -Name VisualStudio

Returns the content of the VisualStudio.gitignore template.

If provided, this will be used as the AccessToken for authentication with the REST Api. Otherwise, will attempt to use the configured value or will run unauthenticated.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The name of the .gitignore template whose content should be fetched. Not providing this will cause a list of all available templates to be returned.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

If this switch is specified, long-running commands will run on the main thread with no commandline status update. When not specified, those commands run in the background, enabling the command prompt to provide status information. If not supplied here, the DefaultNoStatus configuration property value will be used.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

If specified, the raw content of the specified .gitignore file will be returned.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.