This is a small tool that helps you to merge github/gitignore presets into your .gitignore file
git clone git://github.com/github/gitignore
export GITIGNORE_REPO=`cd gitignore; pwd`
git clone git://github.com/tilltheis/utilities.git
ln -s "`pwd`/utilities/gitignore" /usr/local/bin/gitignore
echo "Please add the following to the end of your ~/.bashrc (~/.profile on Mac):\nexport GITIGNORE_REPO=${GITIGNORE_REPO}"