diff --git a/dotfiles/gitignore b/dotfiles/gitignore
index 4ded2c82..02c0a869 100644
--- a/dotfiles/gitignore
+++ b/dotfiles/gitignore
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 TAGS
 run_tests.sh
 untracked/
-.ropeproject/
\ No newline at end of file
+.ropeproject/
+
+*.sw*
+*.tmp*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dotfiles/lib/shellrc/functions.sh b/dotfiles/lib/shellrc/functions.sh
index c748f301..337011a6 100644
--- a/dotfiles/lib/shellrc/functions.sh
+++ b/dotfiles/lib/shellrc/functions.sh
@@ -226,3 +226,7 @@ function get_keyboard_vendor_id_product_id_pairs() {
 function ss() {
     osascript -e "tell application \"/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app\" to activate"
 }
+
+function git_config_string() {
+    git config -f $1 --list | xargs -I kv sh -c "echo "\'kv\'""
+}