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Re: [PATCH] Make '!' aliases more useful

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@eudaptics.com>
Date
Jul 3, 2007, 07:24 UTC
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<4689F9CB.ED2A2848@eudaptics.com>
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Theodore Tso wrote:
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> 
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:11:21PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > > Such a point exists, I agree, but I would draw after $* and $1/$2/$3
> > > interpolation.  There is a lot more value that gets added with
> > > positional arguments support, and it makes git aliases more usable on
> > > platforms such as Windows where scripting capability is much more
> > > limited.
> >
> > That actually sounds sensible, but you could alias
> >
> >       !sh -c 'command $2 $1 $3'
> >
> > to reorder the parameters, couldn't you?
> 
> Um, how would that work on the Windows platform?

Shouldn't be a problem for Cygwin users, nor for MinGW port users. The latter need a Bourne shell anyway for the various scripted git tools.

-- Hannes
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  1. Make '!' aliases more usefulJohannes Schindelin, Jul 1, 2007
  2. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 2, 2007
  4. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2007
  6. Theodore TsoJul 3, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2007
  8. Theodore TsoJul 3, 2007
  9. Johannes SixtJul 3, 2007
  10. Alex RiesenJul 3, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2007

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