From: Dirk Süsserott Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:31:39 GMT Subject: Re: git-config: aliases with parameter expansion ($1 and such) Message-ID: <47E669CB.6070605@dirk.my1.cc> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin schrieb: > Hi, > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Dirk Süsserott wrote: > > >> Jay Soffian schrieb: >> >>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Dirk Süsserott >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, I've a question concerning git config and the alias things. >>>> I'd like to create an alias 'atag' that creates an annotated >>>> tag with the message being the same as the tag. Usually I create >>>> annotated tags like this: >>>> >>>> $ git tag -a -m "mytag" mytag >>>> >>>> (BTW: It's not documented, but I have the impression that >>>> the '-a' switch is implicitely added when the '-m' switch >>>> is present. Is that true?) >>>> >>>> I'd like to have an alias like this: >>>> >>>> [alias] >>>> atag = tag -a -m "$1" >>>> >>>> So that I can simply call >>>> >>>> $ git atag mytag >>>> >>>> Is it possible to pass parameters to the alias definition? >>>> With the definition above I got a tag with message "$1". >>>> >>>> >>> atag = !git tag -a -m "$1" >>> > > Why so complicated? > > atag = tag -a -m > > should work already. > > Hth, > Dscho Almost, but not what I want. With atag = tag -a -m I still have to say $ git atag mytag mytag But I just wanna say $ git atag mytag to create an annotated tag as if I've said $ git tag -a -m "mytag" mytag Dirk