Simple Interactive Git Shell

git.sh

#!/bin/bash
# git.sh - Interactive Git Shell

# store command history here
HISTFILE=~/.gitsh_history

control_c() {
	# save history before exiting
	history -a
	# i can't figure out how to make this just break out of the read command
	exit
}

# trap keyboard interrupt (control-c)
trap control_c SIGINT

# read command history from file
history -r

# run loop with prompt
while read -e -p "git> " 2>&1 line
do
	# nonempty string
	[[ -z $line ]] && continue

	# allow exit command
	[[ $line == "exit" ]] && break

	# save line to history
	history -s "$line"

	# git'r done
	git $line
done

# save history to file
history -a