Bash / Zsh function to create .keep files

README.md

Quick little function to add a directory to a project

1. Assumes it is run from the project root
2. Creates the directory and all intermediate directories that don't yet exist
3. Places an empty file, .keep, in the new directory
4. Adds the directory to .gitignore and excludes the .keep file in the .gitignore
5. The file type just gets syntax highlighting right - copy the function and add it to you .zshrc or .bash_profile or whatever

This could be easily adapted to be an executable placed in your path

keep.sh

function keep() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Please provide a directory name"
    else
        mkdir -p "$1"
        touch "$1/.keep"
        echo "$1/*" >> .gitignore
        echo "!$1/.keep" >> .gitignore
    fi
}