CLI Does Not Prompt for TypeScript/JavaScript Selection or Auto-Create .gitignore

[darkdoomrag3]

Description

I have a couple of suggestions that I think could improve the Cypress setup experience:

1.Prompt for TypeScript/JavaScript Choice

It would be helpful if the setup process prompted users to choose between TypeScript and JavaScript for their test files. Many modern tools offer this option, which makes the initial configuration smoother.

2.Automatic .gitignore Creation

It would also be useful if Cypress could automatically create a .gitignore file (or add to an existing one) with recommended defaults. This would help prevent accidentally committing generated files like cypress/screenshots and cypress/videos to version control.

[MikeMcC399]

@darkdoomrag3

These are good suggestions!

1.Prompt for TypeScript/JavaScript Choice

• I suggested this already in Allow choice between JavaScript and TypeScript for E2E scaffolding cypress#27621 . You can like / upvote this and / or comment there.

2.Automatic .gitignore Creation

You should open a separate feature request on https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues . This repo's issue list is only for documentation updates, not for feature additions to Cypress itself.