gitignore VS bfg-repo-cleaner

Compare gitignore vs bfg-repo-cleaner and see what are their differences.

gitignore

A collection of useful .gitignore templates (by github)

bfg-repo-cleaner

Removes large or troublesome blobs like git-filter-branch does, but faster. And written in Scala (by rtyley)
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0.0 3.2
3 days ago 4 months ago
Scala
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gitignore

Posts with mentions or reviews of gitignore. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-03.

bfg-repo-cleaner

Posts with mentions or reviews of bfg-repo-cleaner. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gitignore and bfg-repo-cleaner you can also consider the following projects:

terragrunt - Terragrunt is a thin wrapper for Terraform that provides extra tools for working with multiple Terraform modules.

git-lfs - Git extension for versioning large files

git-filter-repo - Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)

gitlab

parcel - The zero configuration build tool for the web. 📦🚀

gitignore.plugin.zsh - ZSH plugin for creating .gitignore files.

github-cheat-sheet - A list of cool features of Git and GitHub.

git-secret - :busts_in_silhouette: A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository.

pdoc - API Documentation for Python Projects

Hapi - The Simple, Secure Framework Developers Trust

awesome-python - An opinionated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.