diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 0f48683..a0aaa11 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ alias gac='git commit -a'
 alias gps='git push origin master'
 alias gpl='git pull origin master'
 
+alias ignore_empty='find . \( -type d -empty \) -and \( -not -regex ./\.git.* \) -exec touch {}/.gitignore \;'
+
 # Gem Doc
 export GEMDIR=`gem env gemdir`
 gemdoc() {