git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH 1/3] help: Fix help message for aliases

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 15, 2012, 13:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20120315131903.GA8467@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<4F617AE2.9050700@lge.com>
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 02:15:14PM +0900, 김남형 wrote:
Show 13 quoted lines
> >What output does this produce for:
> >
> >   $ git config alias.foo '!f() { git log $1@{u}..$1; }; f'
> >   $ git help foo
> >
> >?
> >
> 
> Oh, I didn't think of such a complicated case. Hmm, how about
> checking whether the first word is a git command or not:
> 
> 		printf("`git %s' is aliased to `%s%s'\n", argv[0],
> 			is_git_command(first_word) ? "git " : "", alias);

I think the right solution is to just look for "!", which is what tells git it is a shell command.

-Peff
Previous: 김남형Next: Junio C Hamano
Message 13 of 16 in “help: Fix help message for aliases”
  1. 1/3 help: Fix help message for aliasesNamhyung Kim, Mar 15, 2012
  2. 2/3 help: Add '--follow-alias' optionNamhyung Kim, Mar 15, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2012
  4. 김남형Mar 15, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2012
  6. Namhyung KimMar 15, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2012
  8. 3/3 help: Add 'help.follow-alias' config itemNamhyung Kim, Mar 15, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2012
  10. Namhyung KimMar 15, 2012
  11. Jeff KingMar 15, 2012
  12. 김남형Mar 15, 2012
  13. Jeff KingMar 15, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2012
  15. 김남형Mar 15, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2012

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.