View and modify the .gitignore file on Windows

giti.bat

:: giti
:: view and modify .gitignore file
:: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@echo off


rem -h option: show help
if "%1" == "-h" (

echo.
echo GITI
echo View and modify contents of .gitignore
echo.
echo giti       show contents of .gitignore
echo giti foo   add foo to .gitignore
echo giti -e    edit .gitignore in editor
echo giti -h    show help
echo.

rem no arguments: show file
) else if "%1" == "" (

cat .gitignore
echo.

rem -e option: edit file in editor
) else if "%1" == "-e" (

rem . create file if not there? 
echo Editing .gitignore...
%EDITOR% .gitignore
cat .gitignore
echo.

rem otherwise: add filespec to editor
) else (

echo Adding %1 to .gitignore...
echo %1>>.gitignore
cat .gitignore
echo.

)