Backend for a gitignores dropdown

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diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/update_gitignore.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/update_gitignore.rake
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+namespace :gitlab do
+  desc "GitLab | Update gitignore"
+  task :update_gitignore do
+    dir = File.expand_path('vendor', Rails.root)
+    FileUtils.cd(dir)
+
+    dir = File.expand_path('gitignore', dir)
+    clone_gitignores(dir)
+    remove_unneeded_files(dir)
+
+    puts "Done".green
+  end
+
+  def clone_gitignores(dir)
+    FileUtils.rm_rf(dir) if Dir.exist?(dir)
+    system('git clone --depth=1 --branch=master https://github.com/github/gitignore.git')
+  end
+
+  def remove_unneeded_files(dir)
+    [File.expand_path('Global', dir), dir].each do |path|
+      Dir.entries(path).reject { |e| e =~ /(\.{1,2}|Global|\.gitignore)\z/ }.each do |file|
+        FileUtils.rm_rf File.expand_path(file, path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end