dont-mate-your-root.sh

## Tom's Magical "Don't Mate Your Root" Script
# Prevents "mate /" from crashing your Mac.

function mateforce(){
     `which mate` $*
}

function line_count_less_than(){
  ruby -e "
  max_count = ARGV.first.to_i
  count = 0

  while STDIN.gets
    count += 1
    exit 1 if count > max_count
  end
  exit 0
  " $*
}


function mate(){
  if find $* -type f | grep -v '.git' | line_count_less_than 10000
  then
     mateforce $*
  else
    echo "Too many files!"
    echo "If you are sure you wish to do this, then please use mateforce"
    false
  fi
}

function m(){
  if [ -z $1 ]
  then
    mate .
  else
    mate $*
  fi
}