🧹 repomeld v1.1: Finally, a Tool That Knows What NOT to Include

Stop polluting your AI context with jQuery, Bootstrap, and 47MB of vendor code.

The Silent Killer of AI Context

You run a tool to combine your codebase into a single file.

You paste it into ChatGPT.

The AI responds with:

"I see you're using Bootstrap 5.3.0, jQuery 3.6.0, Lodash 4.17.21, Moment.js 2.29.4, and 47 other libraries. Your actual code is 12% of this file."

You've just wasted 80% of your context window on public libraries the AI already knows.

The Problem with "Combine Everything"

Most repo-combining tools are dumb:

• They include bootstrap.min.css (178KB of minified CSS)
• They include jquery.min.js (87KB of library code)
• They include package-lock.json (thousands of lines)
• They include every single vendor file you've ever touched

Your 50KB of actual business logic gets lost in 5MB of noise.

Enter repomeld 🔥 with Smart Auto-Ignore

repomeld ships with a curated ignore list of 200+ common public libraries and vendor files.

It automatically excludes:

Your output stays focused on YOUR code. 🔥

Before & After: The Real Difference

Without smart ignore (other tools):

repomeld_output.txt (4.2 MB)
├── node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js (87 KB) ❌
├── node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css (178 KB) ❌
├── node_modules/lodash/lodash.min.js (72 KB) ❌
├── package-lock.json (847 KB) ❌
├── dist/bundle.js (1.2 MB) ❌
└── src/ (your actual 50 KB of code) ✅

4.2 MB of noise. 1% useful content.

With repomeld:

repomeld_output.txt (52 KB)
├── src/index.js ✅
├── src/components/Button.js ✅
├── src/utils/helpers.js ✅
└── src/styles/custom.css ✅

52 KB of signal. 100% your code.

But What If I Need a Vendor File?

Good question! Sometimes you've customized a library and need to include it.

repomeld has you covered with --force-include:

# Include your customized Bootstrap even though it's normally ignored
repomeld --force-include bootstrap

# Include multiple overrides
repomeld --force-include jquery vendor bootstrap

# Combine with other options
repomeld --force-include select2 --style markdown --output context.md

--force-include matches by name substring, so --force-include bootstrap un-ignores:

• bootstrap.min.css
• bootstrap.bundle.min.js
• bootstrap-icons.css
• Any file with "bootstrap" in the name

Customize Your Own Ignore List

Place a repomeld.ignore.json in your project root to override or extend the built-in list:

{
  "ignore": [
    "my-custom-vendor-folder",
    "generated-report.html",
    "legacy-library.js"
  ]
}

repomeld looks for config in this order:

1. Your project's repomeld.ignore.json (overrides everything)
2. Built-in repomeld.ignore.json (200+ common libs)
3. Hardcoded defaults (always skip binaries, .git, node_modules)

What Gets Auto-Ignored (Full Categories)

📦 Package Managers

• node_modules/, bower_components/, vendor/, libs/, plugins/
• package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, composer.lock

🎨 CSS Frameworks

• Bootstrap, Tailwind, Bulma, Foundation, Materialize, Semantic UI, UIkit, Pure.css, Milligram, Skeleton, Tachyons

⚡ JavaScript Libraries

• jQuery, Zepto, Lodash, Underscore, Moment, Day.js, Axios, SuperAgent, Request, Fetch polyfill

🎮 Animation & Graphics

• GSAP, Three.js, D3.js, Chart.js, ApexCharts, ECharts, Anime.js, Velocity.js, Mo.js, P5.js, CanvasJS

🖼️ UI Components

• Select2, Flatpickr, Datepicker, Choices.js, Tom Select, DataTables, ag-Grid, Handsontable

🔔 Notifications & Alerts

• Toastr, Noty, SweetAlert, PNotify, Notie, Alertify

📝 Rich Text Editors

• Quill, TinyMCE, CKEditor, CodeMirror, Ace Editor, Monaco Editor, Summernote, Froala Editor

🖱️ Carousels & Sliders

• Swiper, Slick, Owl Carousel, Flickity, Glide.js, Splide

🗺️ Maps & Geospatial

• Leaflet, Mapbox GL, Google Maps API, OpenLayers, Cesium

🎥 Video & Audio Players

• Video.js, Plyr, JW Player, MediaElement.js, Howler.js, Wavesurfer.js

🔧 Utilities

• Lazysizes, Lottie, Particles.js, Typed.js, SortableJS, Masonry, Isotope, Packery, imagesLoaded, Clipboard.js

🖌️ Syntax Highlighting

• Prism.js, Highlight.js, Rainbow, Prettify

📊 Icons & Fonts

• Font Awesome, RemixIcon, Boxicons, Ionicons, Lucide, Feather Icons, Heroicons, Material Icons, Bootstrap Icons

🏗️ Admin & Dashboard Templates

• AdminLTE, Metronic, CoreUI, Gentelella, Tabler, Volt, Argon, Now UI, Paper Dashboard

🔨 Build Artifacts

• dist/, build/, .next/, .nuxt/, .output/, coverage/, .nyc_output/, .cache/, .parcel-cache/

📄 Meta Files

• package.json, README.md, LICENSE, CHANGELOG.md, .gitignore, .dockerignore, .eslintrc, .prettierrc

🔐 Environment & Secrets

• .env, .env.local, .env.production, .env.development, .secret, .key, .pem

💾 Binaries & Media

• *.jpg, *.png, *.gif, *.svg (except inline), *.woff, *.woff2, *.ttf, *.eot, *.ico, *.pdf, *.zip, *.tar.gz

Real-World Example: React + Bootstrap Project

Project structure:

my-app/
├── node_modules/ (300+ libraries, 150MB)
├── public/
│   └── bootstrap.min.css (178KB)
├── src/
│   ├── components/
│   ├── hooks/
│   └── utils/
└── package-lock.json (847KB)

Running repomeld:

repomeld --style markdown --output context.md

Output file:

• ❌ No node_modules/
• ❌ No bootstrap.min.css (it's a public CDN library)
• ❌ No package-lock.json
• ✅ Only src/ folder contents
• ✅ File size: 48KB instead of 151MB

Result: ChatGPT sees only your React components, hooks, and utilities – not the 150MB of noise.

Why This Matters for AI

AI models have context windows (token limits):

Every token counts.

If you waste 80% of your context on jQuery and Bootstrap:

• Less room for your actual code
• More irrelevant information for the AI
• Worse answers, more hallucinations

repomeld ensures 100% of your context window contains YOUR code.

Contribute to the Ignore List

Found a popular library that should be ignored by default?

Open a PR! Add it to repomeld.ignore.json and help the community:

{
  "ignore": [
    "your-new-library.min.js",
    "some-common-cdn.css"
  ]
}

The more we add, the smarter repomeld becomes for everyone.

Quick Start

# Install
npm install -g repomeld

# Run in your project (auto-ignores 200+ libraries)
cd your-project
repomeld

# Check what gets ignored
repomeld --dry-run

# Force-include a library you've customized
repomeld --force-include bootstrap

# Use your own ignore list
echo '{"ignore": ["custom-vendor"]}' > repomeld.ignore.json
repomeld

The Bottom Line

Don't let vendor noise kill your AI context.

repomeld ships with 200+ smart ignores so your output stays focused on:

• ✅ Your business logic
• ✅ Your components
• ✅ Your unique code

Not on:

• ❌ jQuery (the AI already knows it)
• ❌ Bootstrap (the AI already knows it)
• ❌ 150MB of node_modules (the AI doesn't need it)

Clean context. Better answers. Faster debugging. 🔥

Try repomeld Today

npm install -g repomeld
cd your-project
repomeld --style markdown --output clean_context.md

Then paste it into ChatGPT or Claude and ask:

"Based ONLY on my code (not the libraries), what's the biggest improvement I can make?"

You'll get answers about YOUR code. Not about Bootstrap. 🎯

Tags for dev.to:

ai, productivity, javascript, nodejs, chatgpt, claude, opensource, tooling, clean-code