ate.sh

#!/bin/bash

############################################################################ 
# Script to open a directory in TextMate excluding certain directories that
# tend to slow down the Find in Project... function.
#
# Place in an executable loctation with a name of your choosing.
# I use `ate' and have it in ~/Local/bin (which has been added to $PATH)
############################################################################

# Enable extended globbing
shopt -s extglob

# Invoke TextMate upon all the files and directories except those listed
mate !(@(cache|db|log|tmp))

# Disable extended globbing
shopt -u extglob

Yeah I'm using Ackmate + Peepopen (http://peepcode.com/products/peepopen)

I wanted to make Peepopen ignore some folders.. but it actually uses a regexp pattern in the prefs. So this script isn't that useful anymore