Uses gitignore package to get gitignore file from GitHub.

Author: philnash

package.json

@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "jest": "^24.5.0",
+    "nock": "^10.0.6",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "gitignore": "^0.6.0",
     "inquirer": "^6.2.2",
     "ora": "^3.2.0",
     "pkg-install": "^1.0.0",

src/create-twilio-function.js

@@ -20,18 +20,23 @@ async function createTwilioFunction(config) {
     config = { ...accountDetails, ...config };
 
     // Scaffold project
-    const spinner = ora('Creating project directories and files').start();
+    const spinner = ora();
+    spinner.start('Creating project directories and files');
     await createDirectory(projectDir, 'functions');
     await createDirectory(projectDir, 'assets');
     await createEnvFile(projectDir, {
       accountSid: config.accountSid,
       authToken: config.authToken
     });
-    await createGitignore(projectDir);
     await createExampleFunction(`${projectDir}/functions`);
     await createPackageJSON(projectDir, config.name);
     spinner.succeed();
 
+    // Download .gitignore file from https://github.com/github/gitignore/
+    spinner.start('Downloading .gitignore file');
+    await createGitignore(projectDir);
+    spinner.succeed();
+
     // Install dependencies with npm
     spinner.start('Installing dependencies');
     await installDependencies(projectDir);

src/create-twilio-function/create-gitignore.js

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
-const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
+const writeGitignore = promisify(require('gitignore').writeFile);
 const open = promisify(fs.open);
-const write = promisify(fs.write);
 
-async function createGitignore(dirPath) {
+function createGitignore(dirPath) {
   const fullPath = `${dirPath}/.gitignore`;
-  const content = await readFile(`${__dirname}/../../templates/.gitignore`);
   return open(fullPath, 'wx').then(fd => {
-    return write(fd, content);
+    const stream = fs.createWriteStream(null, { fd: fd });
+    return writeGitignore({ type: 'Node', file: stream });
   });
 }
 

src/create-twilio-function/create-gitignore.test.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// const nock = require('nock');
+const nock = require('nock');
 const createGitignore = require('./create-gitignore');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
 const rimraf = promisify(require('rimraf'));
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
   await mkdir('./scratch');
+  nock('https://raw.githubusercontent.com')
+    .get('/github/gitignore/master/Node.gitignore')
+    .reply(200, '*.log\n.env');
 });
 
 afterEach(async () => {
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ describe('createGitignore', () => {
       encoding: 'utf-8'
     });
     expect(contents).toMatch('*.log');
+    expect(contents).toMatch('.env');
   });
 
   test('it rejects if there is already a .gitignore file', async () => {