From debcffa4176390083e5e112c7d3c34358522baae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Broadbent <nathan.f77@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 01:47:20 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added functions to quickly add git ignore rules to either
 .gitignore or .git/info/exclude

---
 lib/git/tools.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/git/tools.sh b/lib/git/tools.sh
index 35d96a6..767b988 100644
--- a/lib/git/tools.sh
+++ b/lib/git/tools.sh
@@ -40,3 +40,16 @@ git_set_default_remote() {
   git config branch.$branch.remote $remote
   git config branch.$branch.merge refs/heads/$branch
 }
+
+# Add one git ignore rule, global by default
+# Usage: git_ignore [rule] [ignore_file=.gitignore]
+git_ignore() {
+  if [ -n "$2" ]; then local f="$2"; else local f=".gitignore"; fi
+  if [ -n "$1" ] && [ -e $f ] && ! grep -q "$1" $f; then echo "$1" >> $f; fi
+}
+
+# Add one git ignore rule, just for your machine
+# Usage: git_exclude [rule]
+git_exclude() {
+  git_ignore "$1" ".git/info/exclude"
+}