GIT: ignoring files locally only (bash script)

git-local-ignore

#!/bin/bash

set -e

GIT_EXCLUDE_FILE="./.git/info/exclude"

[ "$#" -lt 1 ] && echo -e "Please give at least one argument" && exit 1

[ ! -d "./.git" ] && echo -e "It seems this directory is not a root dir of a git repo. Aborting." && exit 1


for file in "$@"
do
	SKIP_FILE=false
    if [ ! -e  "${file}" ]; then
         while true; do
		    read -p "It seems  this file/directory does not exists. Add it anyway? [Y/n]" answer
		    case "${answer}" in
		        [Nn]* ) SKIP_FILE=true; break;;
		        [Yy]* ) exit;;
		        * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
		    esac
		done
    fi

    [ "${SKIP_FILE}" = true ] && continue


    echo "${file}" >> "${GIT_EXCLUDE_FILE}"
done