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Re: [PATCH 3/3] help: respect aliases

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 26, 2008, 15:15 UTC
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<alpine.LSU.1.00.0802261515210.22527@racer.site>
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<76718490802260656s459e9241ie2a2d6b255c77fa4@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Jay Soffian wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >  On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Jay Soffian wrote:
> >
> >  > This too would be less ugly as a built-in:
> >  >
> >  >  [elided so as not to burn anyone's eyes out again :-) -- jay]
> >
> >  Wow.  This would look less ugly as an alias like this, too:
> >
> >  alias = "!sh -c 'case $# in \
> >         0) git config --get-regexp \"^alias\\.\" | sed \"s/^alias\\.//\";; \
> >         *) git config \"alias.$0\" ;; \
> >         esac'"
> >
> >  which incidentally fixes a bug in your alias: you ignore $0 which is the
> >  first parameter when using the sh -c '' idiom.
> 
> Test mine. Test yours. See which works. :-)
I tested only mine.  It works.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 10 of 12 in “help: use parseopt”
  1. 1/3 help: use parseoptJeff King, Feb 24, 2008
  2. Christian CouderFeb 25, 2008
  3. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2008
  5. 2/3 make alias lookup a public, procedural functionJeff King, Feb 24, 2008
  6. 3/3 help: respect aliasesJeff King, Feb 24, 2008
  7. Jay SoffianFeb 25, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 26, 2008
  9. Jay SoffianFeb 26, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 26, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008
  12. Jay SoffianFeb 26, 2008

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