From a6bd913b13a5a0fd0e2e730b3b6be63b5bb89e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 7000pctAUTO <lukems3823@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:42:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Initial upload: gitignore-cli-generator v1.0.0

---
 src/gitignore_cli/pattern_merger.py | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/gitignore_cli/pattern_merger.py

diff --git a/src/gitignore_cli/pattern_merger.py b/src/gitignore_cli/pattern_merger.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/gitignore_cli/pattern_merger.py
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+"""Pattern merger module for combining and deduplicating .gitignore patterns."""
+
+from typing import List, Set
+
+
+class PatternMerger:
+    """Merges multiple sets of patterns with deduplication."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._seen_patterns: Set[str] = set()
+
+    def merge_patterns(self, patterns_list: List[str]) -> str:
+        """Merge multiple pattern strings into a single .gitignore content."""
+        merged_lines: List[str] = []
+        self._seen_patterns.clear()
+
+        for patterns in patterns_list:
+            if patterns:
+                for line in patterns.splitlines():
+                    normalized = self._normalize_pattern(line)
+                    if normalized and normalized not in self._seen_patterns:
+                        self._seen_patterns.add(normalized)
+                        merged_lines.append(line)
+
+        return "\n".join(merged_lines) + "\n"
+
+    def _normalize_pattern(self, pattern: str) -> str:
+        """Normalize a pattern for deduplication."""
+        stripped = pattern.strip()
+        if not stripped:
+            return ""
+        if stripped.startswith("#"):
+            return ""
+        if stripped.startswith("!"):
+            return stripped
+        return stripped
+
+    def deduplicate_patterns(self, patterns: str) -> str:
+        """Remove duplicate patterns from a single pattern string."""
+        self._seen_patterns.clear()
+        unique_lines: List[str] = []
+
+        for line in patterns.splitlines():
+            normalized = self._normalize_pattern(line)
+            if normalized and normalized not in self._seen_patterns:
+                self._seen_patterns.add(normalized)
+                unique_lines.append(line)
+
+        return "\n".join(unique_lines) + "\n"
+
+    def filter_comments(self, patterns: str) -> str:
+        """Filter out comment lines from patterns."""
+        lines = [line for line in patterns.splitlines() if not line.strip().startswith("#")]
+        return "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
+
+
+def merge_templates(patterns_list: List[str]) -> str:
+    """Convenience function to merge multiple pattern strings."""
+    merger = PatternMerger()
+    return merger.merge_patterns(patterns_list)
+
+
+def deduplicate_patterns(patterns: str) -> str:
+    """Convenience function to deduplicate patterns."""
+    merger = PatternMerger()
+    return merger.deduplicate_patterns(patterns)