diff --git a/lib/git/tools.sh b/lib/git/tools.sh
index 23ca270..85efd99 100644
--- a/lib/git/tools.sh
+++ b/lib/git/tools.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ git_ignore() {
 git_exclude() {
   git_ignore "$1" ".git/info/exclude"
 }
+# Exclude basename of file
+git_exclude_basename() {
+  git_exclude $(basename "$1")
+}
 
 
 # Use git bisect to find where text was removed from a file.