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Re: [PATCH 0/1] Alias 'list'-subcommands to 'ls'

From
CSCedric Schwyter <cedricschwyter@bluewin.ch>
Date
Oct 12, 2020, 20:55 UTC
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As far as I am aware there are only "git ls-files", "git ls-refs", "git ls-tree", "git ls-remote" etc.

Yet I think this could be a nice little addition because I always catch myself using "ls" out of being used to it from everywhere else really.

On 10/12/20 10:19 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Cedric Schwyter <cedricschwyter@bluewin.ch> writes:
> 
>> Since many CLI-tools make use of this alias and many programmers are
>> used to it I thought I'd add it to git since I was missing such an alias.
> 
> Is there a "git somecmd" that allows "git somecmd ls" form, while
> these "git stash list", "git worktree list" subcommands take "list"
> and not "ls"?  If so, this change may make sense, but otherwise, not
> really.
> 
>>
>> I only added it to built-in subcommands for now, might add it to some
>> more commands in the future.
>>
>> Cedric Schwyter (1):
>>    subcommands: alias 'list'-subcommands to 'ls' where applicable
>>    docs: update docs with new alias
>>
>>   Documentation/git-bundle.txt          | 4 ++++
>>   Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 3 +++
>>   Documentation/git-stash.txt           | 5 +++++
>>   Documentation/git-worktree.txt        | 5 +++++
>>   builtin/bundle.c                      | 3 ++-
>>   builtin/sparse-checkout.c             | 3 ++-
>>   builtin/stash.c                       | 4 +++-
>>   builtin/worktree.c                    | 3 ++-
>>   8 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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  1. 0/1 Alias 'list'-subcommands to 'ls'Cedric Schwyter, Oct 12, 2020
  2. 1/1 subcommands: alias 'list'-subcommands to 'ls' where applicable docs: update docs with new aliasCedric Schwyter, Oct 12, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2020
  4. Cedric SchwyterOct 12, 2020
  5. Daniel TangJan 27, 2026

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