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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # | |
| # ignore-gitignored.sh — apply xattr ignore to every git-ignored directory | |
| # — with optional dry-run mode | |
| # | |
| # Usage: ./ignore-gitignored.sh [-n|--dry-run] [root_dir] | |
| # -n, --dry-run Show what would be ignored without touching anything | |
| # root_dir Directory under which to scan for Git repos (defaults to CWD) | |
| # | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| DRY_RUN=false | |
| # Parse options | |
| while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do | |
| case $1 in | |
| -n|--dry-run) | |
| DRY_RUN=true | |
| shift | |
| ;; | |
| -*) | |
| echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| ;; | |
| *) | |
| # first non-option is root | |
| break | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| ROOT_DIR="${1:-$PWD}" | |
| # Find every .git folder under the root | |
| find "$ROOT_DIR" -type d -name .git | while read -r GIT_DIR; do | |
| REPO_DIR="$(dirname "$GIT_DIR")" | |
| echo "🔍 Processing repo: $REPO_DIR" | |
| # Ask Git for all ignored paths (files & directories), show only directories | |
| git -C "$REPO_DIR" ls-files --others --directory --exclude-standard \ | |
| | while read -r REL_PATH; do | |
| ABS_PATH="$REPO_DIR/$REL_PATH" | |
| if [ -d "$ABS_PATH" ]; then | |
| if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then | |
| echo " [DRY-RUN] Would ignore: $REL_PATH" | |
| else | |
| echo " ➕ Ignoring: $REL_PATH" | |
| xattr -w com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P 1 "$ABS_PATH" | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| done |
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