Merged the 'create' and 'edit' functionality in order to DRY out the code a bit, because (IMO) the user experience is actually somewhat better when these two commands are merged.

cheat

@@ -50,14 +50,23 @@ def cheat_files(cheat_directories):
     return cheats
 
 
-def create_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets):
+def edit_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets):
-    "Creates a new cheatsheet."
+    "Creates or edits a cheatsheet"
-    if cheat in cheatsheets:
+
-        print ('Cheatsheet "%s" already exists' % cheat)
+    # if the cheatsheet does not already exist, create it
+    if cheat not in cheatsheets:
+        # make sure EDITOR environment variable is set and that at least 3 arguments
+        # are given
+        if 'EDITOR' not in os.environ:
+            print('In order to use "create" or "edit" you must set your '
+                  'EDITOR environment variable to your favorite editor\'s path')
+            exit()
+
+        elif len(sys.argv) < 3:
+            print ('Must provide a cheatsheet to edit/create')
             exit()
 
         import cheatsheets as cs
-
         # Attempt to write the new cheatsheet to the user's ~/.cheat dir if it
         # exists. If it does not exist, attempt to create it.
         if os.access(DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR, os.W_OK) or os.makedirs(DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR):
@@ -70,25 +79,15 @@ def create_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets):
             subprocess.call([os.environ['EDITOR'],
                             os.path.join(cs.cheat_dir, cheat)])
 
-    exit()
+    # if the cheatsheet does already exist, open it for editing
-
-
-def edit_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets):
-    "Edits a pre-existing cheatsheet."
-    if cheat not in cheatsheets:
-        print ('No cheatsheet found for "%s"' % cheat)
-        ans = raw_input('Create cheatsheet for "%s" (Y/N)? ' % cheat)
-        if ans.lower() in ['y', 'yes']:
-            create_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets)
     else:
-            exit()
-
       subprocess.call([os.environ['EDITOR'],
                       os.path.join(cheatsheets[cheat], cheat)])
-    exit()
 
 
 def help(cheatsheets):
+    "Displays the program help"
+
     print dedent('''
         Usage: cheat [OPTIONS] <keyphrase>
         Examples:
@@ -99,10 +98,7 @@ def help(cheatsheets):
         To look up 'git commit' (a subcommand):
         cheat git commit
 
-        To create a cheatsheet for 'foo':
+        To edit or edit the cheatsheet for 'foo':
-        cheat -c foo
-
-        To edit the cheatsheet for 'foo':
         cheat -e foo
 
         Available keyphrases:
@@ -151,41 +147,28 @@ def main():
     # list the files in the ~/.cheat directory
     cheatsheets = cheat_files(cheat_dirs)
 
-    # print help if requested
+    # @TODO: refactor the below into argparse
-    if keyphrase.lower() in ['', 'cheat', 'help', '-h', '-help', '--help']:
+
+    # print help
+    if keyphrase in ['', 'cheat', 'help', '-h', '-help', '--help']:
         help(cheatsheets)
-
-    # create/edit option
-    option = sys.argv[1].lower()
-    if option in ['-e', '--edit', '-c', '--create']:
-        # make sure EDITOR environment variable is set and that at least 3 arguments
-        # are given
-        if 'EDITOR' not in os.environ:
-            print('In order to use "create" or "edit" you must set your '
-                  'EDITOR environment variable to your favorite editor\'s path')
         exit()
-        elif len(sys.argv) < 3:
-            print ('Must provide a cheatsheet to edit/create')
-            exit()
-
-        # if the user wants to edit a cheatsheet
-        if option in ['-e', '--edit']:
-            edit_cheatsheet(' '.join(sys.argv[2:]), cheatsheets)
-
-        # if the user wants to create a cheatsheet
-        elif option in ['-c', '--create']:
-            create_cheatsheet(' '.join(sys.argv[2:]), cheatsheets)
 
     # list cheat directories and exit
-    if option in ['-d', '--cheat-directories']:
+    if keyphrase in ['-d', '--cheat-directories']:
         print("\n".join(cheat_directories()))
         exit()
 
     # list cheatsheets and exit
-    if option in ['-l', '--list']:
+    if keyphrase in ['-l', '--list']:
         print list_cheatsheets(cheatsheets)
         exit()
 
+    # if the user wants to edit a cheatsheet
+    if (sys.argv[1]) and (sys.argv[1] in ['-e', '--edit']):
+        edit_cheatsheet(' '.join(sys.argv[2:]), cheatsheets)
+        exit()
+
     # print the cheatsheet if it exists
     if keyphrase in cheatsheets:
         filename = os.path.join(cheatsheets[keyphrase], keyphrase)