diff --git a/bin/magit b/bin/magit
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index 0000000..7263a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/magit
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    emacs --eval "(progn (magit-status \"$(pwd)\") (delete-other-windows))" &
+else
+    echo "Current directory is not a git repository"
+    exit 1
+fi