# recursive aliases 3 messages from 2010-09-23 to 2010-09-23. Participants: Ramana Kumar, Andreas Ericsson, Andreas Schwab. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25205 ## Ramana Kumar, 2010-09-23 06:07 Subject: recursive aliases Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTi%3DVDmyhUDYKc38bOZWLncZ_twQGB2n5KgbgP_tf%40mail.gmail.com ``` Are recursive aliases in any way allowed? What about aliases that don't refer to themselves, but refer to other aliases? Obviously I can just call git from the shell with a ! alias, but wondering if there's any better way. ``` ## Andreas Ericsson, 2010-09-23 11:34 Subject: Re: recursive aliases Message-ID: <4C9B3B2A.2080604@op5.se> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4C9B3B2A.2080604%40op5.se In-Reply-To: ``` On 09/23/2010 08:07 AM, Ramana Kumar wrote: > Are recursive aliases in any way allowed? They're not just not allowed; they're not even possible. > What about aliases that don't refer to themselves, but refer to other aliases? > Again, this isn't possible. How could you configure something like that? > Obviously I can just call git from the shell with a ! alias, but > wondering if there's any better way. There isn't. The simple aliases are there to let you run certain commands with certain default parameters as a new command. Normal commands have no way of calling other commands (or themselves) recursively. That's what shell-scripts are for. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. ``` ## Andreas Schwab, 2010-09-23 22:49 Subject: Re: recursive aliases Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m239t0gjna.fsf%40igel.home In-Reply-To: <4C9B3B2A.2080604@op5.se> ``` Andreas Ericsson writes: > On 09/23/2010 08:07 AM, Ramana Kumar wrote: >> Are recursive aliases in any way allowed? > > They're not just not allowed; they're not even possible. $ git config alias.foo foo $ git foo fatal: recursive alias: foo :-) Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." ```