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Re: [PATCH v2] An alias that starts with "!!" runs in the current directory.

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Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com>
Date
May 6, 2010, 06:21 UTC
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On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 20:05 -0400, Adam Brewster wrote:
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> On 5/5/10, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > It probably is a good idea to switch aliases to start at the $cwd in 1.8.0
> > (or perhaps one major release after it), and using a notation that is more
> > descriptive, something like "!(cwd)" vs "!(root)", may give us a better
> > transtion strategy than casting cryptic "!!" in the stone.
> >
> 
> For what it's worth, I like "!cmd".
> 
> Would it be good enough to set some environment variables?
> 
>     [alias]
>     command_in_cwd = "!cd $GIT_CWD; ..."
> 
> Adam

I'd be tempted to say that setting $GIT_CWD was an ideal solution, if Junio hadn't mentioned the possibility of cwd being the default in 1.8.0, which to me sounds much more sane than defaulting to the repository root. Defaulting to the root has never made sense to me and has some perfectly good built-ins to emulate if needed. I know I have at least two scripts-which-should-be-aliases sitting around because of this restriction.

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-- Will
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  1. Set GIT_PATHNAME_PREFIX with aliases.Jared Hance, May 5, 2010
  2. Jeff KingMay 5, 2010
  3. Johannes SixtMay 5, 2010
  4. Jeff KingMay 5, 2010
  5. Eli BarzilayMay 5, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2010
  7. An alias that starts with "!!" runs in the current directory.Eli Barzilay, May 5, 2010
  8. Jared HanceMay 5, 2010
  9. Eli BarzilayMay 5, 2010
  10. Eli BarzilayMay 5, 2010
  11. Re-submitting patchesJonathan Nieder, May 5, 2010
  12. Eli BarzilayMay 5, 2010
  13. An alias that starts with "!!" runs in the current directory.Eli Barzilay, May 5, 2010
  14. Will PalmerMay 5, 2010
  15. Eli BarzilayMay 5, 2010
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2010
  17. Adam BrewsterMay 6, 2010
  18. Will PalmerMay 6, 2010
  19. Will PalmerMay 6, 2010
  20. Johannes SixtMay 6, 2010
  21. Matthieu MoyMay 6, 2010
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2010
  23. Eli BarzilayMay 5, 2010

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