Re: [PATCH] Support for configurable git command aliases

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: May 28, 2006, 22:57 UTC
Message-ID: <e5d9sm$5d4$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060528215945.GD10488@pasky.or.cz>

Petr Baudis wrote:

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> Dear diary, on Sat, May 27, 2006 at 02:52:35PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> said that...
>>
>> I don't like this syntax. What other stuff (beside "cmd") would be under
>> "[alias "co"]? Why not simply:
>> 
>>         [alias]
>>              co = commit -a
>>              publish = push public.site.com:/pub/scm/my-public-repo
> 
> Nice, I like this.
> 
> Well, the following isn't exactly the nicest code I have ever written...
> But it seems to work. ;-)

Well, if [alias] would be used also for giving default options for git commands, e.g.

        [alias]
            log = log --pretty

(from what Petr "Pasky" Baudis said on IRC, currently on the right side there should be only true git commands, which eliminates nicely problems with recursion ;-), it would be better to ensure that aliases are checked *only* for interactive sessions - otherwise using aliases for default arguments would/could mess the scripts.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland