feat: Add a .gitattributes file into nitrogen/generated

docs/docs/configuration-nitro-json.md

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "androidCxxLibName": "$$androidCxxLibName$$"
   },
   "autolinking": {},
-  "ignorePaths": ["**/node_modules"]
+  "ignorePaths": ["**/node_modules"],
+  "createGitAttributes": true
 }
 ```
 
@@ -176,3 +177,7 @@ Here, the Hybrid Object "`Math`" is autolinked to create an instance of `HybridM
 Configures the TypeScript parser to ignore specific given paths when looking for `*.nitro.ts` specs.
 
 By default, this is empty (`[]`), but it can be set to ignore paths like `["node_modules", "lib"]`.
+
+## `createGitAttributes`
+
+Configures whether a `.gitattributes` file will be generated in the `nitrogen/generated/` directory to mark files as [`linguist-generated`](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-files/customizing-how-changed-files-appear-on-github) for GitHub.

docs/static/nitro.schema.json

@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
         "type": "string"
       },
       "description": "A list of paths relative to the project directory that should be ignored by nitrogen. Nitrogen will not look for `.nitro.ts` files in these directories."
+    },
+    "createGitAttributes": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true,
+      "description": "Configures whether a `.gitattributes` file will be generated in the `nitrogen/generated/` directory to mark files as `linguist-generated` for GitHub."
     }
   }
 }

packages/nitrogen/src/config/NitroConfig.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ export const NitroConfig = {
     return [...ANDROID_BASE_NAMESPACE, ...userPackage, ...subPackage]
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Get the autolinking configuration of all HybridObjects.
+   * Those will be generated and default-constructed.
+   */
+  getAutolinkedHybridObjects(): NitroUserConfig['autolinking'] {
+    return getUserConfig().autolinking
+  },
+
   /**
    * Get the paths that will be ignored when loading the TypeScript project.
    * In most cases, this just contains `node_modules/`.
@@ -110,11 +118,7 @@ export const NitroConfig = {
     return getUserConfig().ignorePaths ?? []
   },
 
-  /**
-   * Get the autolinking configuration of all HybridObjects.
-   * Those will be generated and default-constructed.
-   */
-  getAutolinkedHybridObjects(): NitroUserConfig['autolinking'] {
-    return getUserConfig().autolinking
+  getCreateGitAttributes(): boolean {
+    return getUserConfig().createGitAttributes ?? false
   },
 }

packages/nitrogen/src/config/NitroUserConfig.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
-import { capitalizeName } from '../utils.js'
-import path from 'path'
-import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
 
 // Namespaces and package names in C++/Java will be matched with a regex.
 const safeNamePattern = /^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/
@@ -93,28 +90,14 @@ export const NitroUserConfigSchema = z.object({
    * Nitrogen will not look for `.nitro.ts` files in these directories.
    */
   ignorePaths: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+  /**
+   * Configures whether a `.gitattributes` file will be generated in
+   * the `nitrogen/generated/` directory to mark files as linguist-generated for GitHub.
+   */
+  createGitAttributes: z.boolean().optional().default(true),
 })
 
 /**
  * Represents the structure of a `nitro.json` config file.
  */
 export type NitroUserConfig = z.infer<typeof NitroUserConfigSchema>
-
-export function writeUserConfigFile(
-  moduleName: string,
-  directory: string
-): Promise<void> {
-  const config: NitroUserConfig = {
-    android: {
-      androidCxxLibName: `Nitro${capitalizeName(moduleName)}`,
-      androidNamespace: [moduleName.toLowerCase()],
-    },
-    cxxNamespace: [moduleName.toLowerCase()],
-    ios: {
-      iosModuleName: `Nitro${capitalizeName(moduleName)}`,
-    },
-    autolinking: {},
-  }
-  const dir = path.join(directory, 'nitro.json')
-  return fs.writeFile(dir, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2))
-}

packages/nitrogen/src/createGitAttributes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import fs from 'fs/promises'
+import path from 'path'
+
+export async function createGitAttributes(folder: string): Promise<void> {
+  const file = path.join(folder, '.gitattributes')
+  // Marks all files in this current folder as "generated"
+  await fs.writeFile(file, `* linguist-generated`)
+}

packages/nitrogen/src/nitrogen.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { NitroConfig } from './config/NitroConfig.js'
 import { createIOSAutolinking } from './autolinking/createIOSAutolinking.js'
 import { createAndroidAutolinking } from './autolinking/createAndroidAutolinking.js'
 import type { Autolinking } from './autolinking/Autolinking.js'
+import { createGitAttributes } from './createGitAttributes.js'
 
 interface NitrogenOptions {
   baseDirectory: string
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ export async function runNitrogen({
         generatedSpecs++
       } catch (error) {
         const message = indent(errorToString(error), '    ')
-        console.error(
+        Logger.error(
           chalk.redBright(
             `        ❌  Failed to generate spec for ${typeName}! ${message}`
           )
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ export async function runNitrogen({
     }
 
     if (generatedSpecs === startedWithSpecs) {
-      console.error(
+      Logger.error(
         chalk.redBright(
           `    ❌  No specs found in ${sourceFile.getBaseName()}!`
         )
@@ -203,6 +204,15 @@ export async function runNitrogen({
     }
   }
 
+  try {
+    if (NitroConfig.getCreateGitAttributes()) {
+      // write a .gitattributes file
+      await createGitAttributes(outputDirectory)
+    }
+  } catch {
+    Logger.error(`❌ Failed to write ${chalk.dim(`.gitattributes`)}!`)
+  }
+
   return {
     generatedFiles: filesAfter,
     targetSpecsCount: targetSpecs,

packages/react-native-nitro-image/nitro.json

@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
   },
   "ignorePaths": [
     "**/node_modules"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "createGitAttributes": false
 }