Use gitignore

[ocombe]

It would be nice if the generator could use the gitignore file and not copy these ignored files into the resource folders :)

[vrunoa]

I believe this should be an implementation on the electron-packager lib, since electron-packager-interactive it just a wrapper for this module.
Maybe it's already implemented and i'm missing something, let me check.

[ocombe]

The thing with electron packager is that you get to set the "ignore" parameter, but you cannot do that with the interactive command :(

[vrunoa]

Oh, then I'll add an implementation to the ignore param. I'll let you know when it's ready.

[ocombe]

Nice :)
I'm just afraid that it will be a bit boring to type all the files that you want to ignore every time, that's why I suggested to use the gitignore file

[vrunoa]

Inside the .gitignore is the node_modules folder which is quite important for the electron app. Maybe we should create another convention file like .electronignore to set the files to ignore or avoid to add this folder when reading the .gitignore. Whats your opinion ? Wonder what @maxogden thinks ?

[ocombe]

Hmm yeah, didn't think of node_modules folder...
But if we end up making an electronignore file, why not have a config file, and then why not use electron packager instead of the interactive one :)

[vrunoa]

Good point. In that case, maybe the better solution would be to create a new node cli to take all the params from from a json file. And to this module just add the implementation to accept the ignore param

[vrunoa]

hey @ocombe have you check grunt-electron ? With that module you can set every param as a grunt task. It's a closer approach to having a config file.

[ocombe]

Well I'm using electron-packager now, with a gulp task that I made myself :)

[vrunoa]

Cool. I will add the possibility to set the ignore param as a simple input, but it will only accept regex as electron-packager does it.
There's also a new release of the module with the icon option and automatically adding the output folder to the ignore param.