Function createIgnoreFile

src/cli/actions/initAction.ts:128–178

(rootDir: string, isGlobal: boolean)

};

export const createIgnoreFile = async (rootDir: string, isGlobal: boolean): Promise<boolean> => {
  if (isGlobal) {
    prompts.log.info(`Skipping ${pc.green('.repomixignore')} file creation for global configuration.`);
    return false;
  }

  const ignorePath = path.resolve(rootDir, '.repomixignore');
  const createIgnore = await prompts.confirm({
    message: `Do you want to create a ${pc.green('.repomixignore')} file?`,
  });
  if (!createIgnore) {
    prompts.log.info(`Skipping ${pc.green('.repomixignore')} file creation.`);
    return false;
  }
  if (prompts.isCancel(createIgnore)) {
    onCancelOperation();
    return false;
  }

  let isIgnoreFileExists = false;
  try {
    await fs.access(ignorePath);
    isIgnoreFileExists = true;
  } catch {
    // File doesn't exist, so we can proceed
  }

  if (isIgnoreFileExists) {
    const overwrite = await prompts.confirm({
      message: `A ${pc.green('.repomixignore')} file already exists. Do you want to overwrite it?`,
    });

    if (!overwrite) {
      prompts.log.info(`${pc.green('.repomixignore')} file creation skipped. Existing file will not be modified.`);
      return false;
    }
  }

  const defaultIgnoreContent = `# Add patterns to ignore here, one per line
# Example:
# *.log
# tmp/
`;

  await fs.writeFile(ignorePath, defaultIgnoreContent);
  prompts.log.success(
    pc.green('Created .repomixignore file!\n') + pc.dim(`Path: ${path.relative(rootDir, ignorePath)}`),
  );

  return true;
};