From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:09:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alias: restore support for simple dotted aliases
Message-ID: <38188193-e6ab-40bf-950a-c516aec71d5d@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260424151053.917066-1-jonatan@jontes.page>

On Fri, Apr 24, 2026, at 17:10, Jonatan Holmgren wrote:
> Historically, config entries like alias.foo.bar expanded the alias
> "foo.bar". The subsection-based alias syntax introduced in
> ac1f12a9de (alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection
> syntax, 2026-02-18) broke that behavior by treating such entries as
> if they were subsection syntax.
>
> Restore support for the old dotted form by falling back to the full
> name when the final key is not "command". Add tests covering execution
> and help output for simple dotted aliases.
>
> Reported-by: Michael Grossfeld <michael.grossfeld@amd.com>
> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>

Missing signoff.

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