kateopen.sh

$!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 1 -a -d $1 ]
then
  # argument is a folder, lets find the first file
  first_file=`find $1 -type f | grep -v "$1/\.git/" | head -n 1`
  if [ "$first_file" = "" ]
  then
    echo "directory contains no files, good bye"
    exit 1
  fi

  # is the folder within a git repo?
  (cd $1 ; git status > /dev/null 2>&1)
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo "$1 is already part of a git repo, opening the first file found in kate"
    exec kate $first_file
  else
    echo "$1 is not part of a git repo, would you like to initialize one? [y/N]"
    read answer
    if [ "$answer" = "y" ]
    then
      ( cd $1 ; git init ; exec kate $first_file )
    else
      echo "alright, have a nice day."
    fi
  fi
else
  echo "more than one argument or was not a folder, kate must know how to handle it."
  exec kate $*
fi