### Install gitignore_parser using pip

Source: https://github.com/mherrmann/gitignore_parser/blob/master/README.md

This command installs the gitignore_parser library from PyPI, making it available for use in Python projects.

```bash
pip install gitignore_parser
```

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### Parse .gitignore content from string

Source: https://github.com/mherrmann/gitignore_parser/blob/master/README.md

Shows how to use the parse_gitignore_str function to parse .gitignore rules directly from a string, specifying a base directory for relative path matching.

```python
from gitignore_parser import parse_gitignore_str

matches = parse_gitignore_str(
    '__pycache__/\n*.py[cod]', base_dir='/home/michael/project')

print(matches('/home/michael/project/main.py'))
print(matches('/home/michael/project/main.pyc'))
```

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### Parse .gitignore file and check matches

Source: https://github.com/mherrmann/gitignore_parser/blob/master/README.md

Demonstrates how to use the parse_gitignore function to load a .gitignore file and then use the returned matcher function to check if specific file paths should be ignored.

```python
from gitignore_parser import parse_gitignore

matches = parse_gitignore('/home/michael/project/.gitignore')

print(matches('/home/michael/project/main.py'))
print(matches('/home/michael/project/main.pyc'))
print(matches('/home/michael/project/dir/main.pyc'))
print(matches('/home/michael/project/__pycache__'))
```

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