From 6705af5cbb027e624480ad58702664319d37a5bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Preisner <sebastian.preisner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:19:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Gitignore

---
 functions/git.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 functions/git.sh

diff --git a/functions/git.sh b/functions/git.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69e14e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/git.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Remove file from git versioning and add to .gitignore
+#########################################################
+gitignore() {
+  # Current Folder a Git Repository?
+  if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree &> /dev/null ; then
+      echo "Current folder is no Git Repository"
+      return 1
+  fi
+
+  gitworktree=`git rev-parse --show-toplevel` # found on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12293944/how-to-find-the-path-of-the-local-git-repository-when-i-am-possibly-in-a-subdire
+
+  # Create .gitignore if not exist
+  if [ ! -e "${gitworktree}/.gitignore" ]; then
+      echo "Creat new ${gitworktree}/.gitignore file"
+      touch ${gitworktree}/.gitignore
+  fi
+
+  for file in "$@"; do
+      # Remove file from history
+      echo "removing $file from git history"
+      git rm --cached -r "$file"
+      echo $file >> .gitignore
+  done
+}
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