Backend for a gitignores dropdown

app/helpers/blob_helper.rb

@@ -184,4 +184,8 @@ module BlobHelper
       Other: licenses.reject(&:featured).map { |license| [license.name, license.key] }
     }
   end
+
+  def gitignores_for_select
+    @gitignores_for_select ||= Gitlab::Gitignore.all
+  end
 end

app/models/repository.rb

@@ -472,9 +472,7 @@ class Repository
 
   def changelog
     cache.fetch(:changelog) do
-      tree(:head).blobs.find do |file|
-        file.name =~ /\A(changelog|history|changes|news)/i
-      end
+      file_on_head(/\A(changelog|history|changes|news)/i)
     end
   end
 
@@ -482,9 +480,7 @@ class Repository
     return nil unless head_exists?
 
     cache.fetch(:license_blob) do
-      tree(:head).blobs.find do |file|
-        file.name =~ /\A(licen[sc]e|copying)(\..+|\z)/i
-      end
+      file_on_head(/\A(licen[sc]e|copying)(\..+|\z)/i)
     end
   end
 
@@ -496,6 +492,14 @@ class Repository
     end
   end
 
+  def gitignore
+    return nil if !exists? || empty?
+
+    cache.fetch(:gitignore) do
+      file_on_head(/\A\.gitignore\z/)
+    end
+  end
+
   def gitlab_ci_yml
     return nil unless head_exists?
 
@@ -989,4 +993,8 @@ class Repository
   def head_exists?
     exists? && !empty? && !rugged.head_unborn?
   end
+
+  def file_on_head(regex)
+    tree(:head).blobs.find { |file| file.name =~ regex }
+  end
 end

app/views/projects/blob/_editor.html.haml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
       .license-selector.js-license-selector.hide
         = select_tag :license_type, grouped_options_for_select(licenses_for_select, @project.repository.license_key), include_blank: true, class: 'select2 license-select', data: {placeholder: 'Choose a license template', project: @project.name, fullname: @project.namespace.human_name}
 
+      .gitignore-selector.js-gitignore-selector.hide
+        = select_tag :gitignore_template, options_for_select(Gitlab::Gitignore.all), include_blank: true, class: 'select2 gitignore-select', data: {placeholder: 'Choose a .gitignore template'}
+
       .encoding-selector
         = select_tag :encoding, options_for_select([ "base64", "text" ], "text"), class: 'select2'
 

app/views/projects/empty.html.haml

@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
       If you already have files you can push them using command line instructions below.
     %p
       Otherwise you can start with adding a
-      = link_to "README", new_readme_path, class: 'underlined-link'
+      = succeed ',' do
+        = link_to "README", new_readme_path, class: 'underlined-link'
+      a
+      = succeed ',' do
+        = link_to "LICENSE", add_special_file_path(@project, file_name: 'LICENSE'), class: 'underlined-link'
       or a
-      = link_to "LICENSE", add_special_file_path(@project, file_name: 'LICENSE'), class: 'underlined-link'
-      file to this project.
+      = link_to '.gitignore', add_special_file_path(@project, file_name: '.gitignore'), class: 'underlined-link'
+      to this project.
 
 - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
   %div{ class: container_class }

lib/api/api.rb

@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ module API
     mount ::API::Runners
     mount ::API::Licenses
     mount ::API::Subscriptions
+    mount ::API::Gitignores
   end
 end

lib/api/entities.rb

@@ -457,5 +457,13 @@ module API
       expose(:limitations) { |license| license.meta['limitations'] }
       expose :content
     end
+
+    class GitignoresList < Grape::Entity
+      expose :name
+    end
+
+    class Gitignore < Grape::Entity
+      expose :name, :content
+    end
   end
 end

lib/api/gitignores.rb

+module API
+  class Gitignores < Grape::API
+
+    # Get the list of the available gitignore templates
+    #
+    # Example Request:
+    #   GET /gitignores
+    get 'gitignores' do
+      present Gitlab::Gitignore.all, with: Entities::GitignoresList
+    end
+
+    # Get the text for a specific gitignore
+    #
+    # Parameters:
+    #   key (required) - The key of a license
+    #
+    # Example Request:
+    #   GET /gitignores/elixir
+    #
+    get 'gitignores/:key' do
+      required_attributes! [:key]
+
+      gitignore = Gitlab::Gitignore.find(params[:key])
+      not_found!('.gitignore') unless gitignore
+
+      present gitignore, with: Entities::Gitignore
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/gitlab/gitignore.rb

+module Gitlab
+  class Gitignore
+    FILTER_REGEX = /\.gitignore\z/.freeze
+
+    attr_accessor :name, :directory
+
+    def initialize(name, directory)
+      @name       = name
+      @directory  = directory
+    end
+
+    def content
+      File.read(path)
+    end
+
+    class << self
+      def all
+        languages_frameworks + global
+      end
+
+      def find(key)
+        file_name = "#{key}.gitignore"
+
+        directory = select_directory(file_name)
+        directory ? new(key, directory) : nil
+      end
+
+      def global
+        files_for_folder(global_dir).map { |f| new(f, global_dir) }
+      end
+
+      def languages_frameworks
+        files_for_folder(gitignore_dir).map { |f| new(f, gitignore_dir) }
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def path
+      File.expand_path("#{name}.gitignore", directory)
+    end
+
+    class << self
+      def select_directory(file_name)
+        [self.gitignore_dir, self.global_dir].find { |dir| File.exist?(File.expand_path(file_name, dir)) }
+      end
+
+      def global_dir
+        File.expand_path('Global', gitignore_dir)
+      end
+
+      def gitignore_dir
+        File.expand_path('vendor/gitignore', Rails.root)
+      end
+
+      def files_for_folder(dir)
+        gitignores = []
+        Dir.entries(dir).each do |e|
+          next unless e.end_with?('.gitignore')
+
+          gitignores << e.gsub(FILTER_REGEX, '')
+        end
+
+        gitignores
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/tasks/gitlab/update_gitignore.rake

+namespace :gitlab do
+  desc "GitLab | Update gitignore"
+  task :update_gitignore do
+    dir = File.expand_path('vendor', Rails.root)
+    FileUtils.cd(dir)
+
+    dir = File.expand_path('gitignore', dir)
+    clone_gitignores(dir)
+    remove_unneeded_files(dir)
+
+    puts "Done".green
+  end
+
+  def clone_gitignores(dir)
+    FileUtils.rm_rf(dir) if Dir.exist?(dir)
+    system('git clone --depth=1 --branch=master https://github.com/github/gitignore.git')
+  end
+
+  def remove_unneeded_files(dir)
+    [File.expand_path('Global', dir), dir].each do |path|
+      Dir.entries(path).reject { |e| e =~ /(\.{1,2}|Global|\.gitignore)\z/ }.each do |file|
+        FileUtils.rm_rf File.expand_path(file, path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/lib/gitlab/gitignore_spec.rb

+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Gitlab::Gitignore do
+  subject { Gitlab::Gitignore }
+  describe '.all' do
+    it 'strips the gitignore suffix' do
+      expect(subject.all.first.name).not_to end_with('.gitignore')
+    end
+
+    it 'combines the globals and rest' do
+      all = subject.all.map(&:name)
+
+      expect(all).to include('Vim')
+      expect(all).to include('Ruby')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.find' do
+    it 'returns nil if the file does not exist' do
+      expect(subject.find('mepmep-yadida')).to be nil
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the Gitignore object of a valid file' do
+      ruby = subject.find('Ruby')
+
+      expect(ruby).to be_a Gitlab::Gitignore
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#content' do
+    it 'loads the full file' do
+      gitignore = subject.new('Ruby', File.expand_path('vendor/gitignore', Rails.root))
+
+      expect(gitignore.name).to eq 'Ruby'
+      expect(gitignore.content).to start_with('*.gem')
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/requests/api/gitignores_spec.rb

+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe API::Gitignores, api: true  do
+  include ApiHelpers
+
+  describe 'Entity Gitignore' do
+    before { get api('/gitignores/Ruby') }
+
+    it { expect(json_response['name']).to eq('Ruby') }
+    it { expect(json_response['content']).to include('*.gem') }
+  end
+
+  describe 'Entity GitignoresList' do
+    before { get api('/gitignores') }
+
+    it { expect(json_response.first['name']).to be_truthy }
+    it { expect(json_response.first['content']).to be_falsey }
+  end
+
+  describe 'GET /gitignores' do
+    it 'returns a list of available license templates' do
+      get api('/gitignores')
+
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+      expect(json_response.size).to be > 15
+    end
+  end
+end