diff --git a/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el b/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el
index 84e1556..62bca83 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@
   (setq mu4e-view-show-images t))
 
 
+(defun magit-add-current-buffer ()
+  "Adds (with force) the file from the current buffer to the git repo"
+  (interactive)
+  (shell-command (concat "git add -f "
+			 (shell-quote-argument buffer-file-name))))
+
+
 (server-start)
 
 ;;; jlj-generic.el ends here