I am trying to create an alias that uses both multiple Git commands and positional parameters. There are Stackoverflow pages for each, and it would appear painfully obvious to do both, but I am hav...

My latest iteration jinit= !git init && printf "* text=auto\n*.java text\n*.jsp text\n*.css text\n*.html text\n*.js text\n*.xml text\n*.sql text\n*.MF text\n*.tld text\n*.md text\n\n# git ...

I saw a screencast where someone had gotten git st git ci to work. When I do it I get an error asking me if I meant something else. Being a git newb, I need to know what you have to do to get t...

I have a Git alias update that I would like to outfit with branch-name completion. The alias is defined like so: [alias] update = "!f() { git push . origin/$1:$1; }; f" (It updates a local trac...

I'm trying to write a git alias that removes from the commit messages the string "[ci skip]" (placed at the end of the message), but I'm having problem with escaping. The alias takes all the commit...

I often rebase feature branches and then want to force push them to the server. git push --force origin feature-mongodb-support Is there any shortcut for git push --force origin <current bran...

When using Git on multiple workstations, and for different Git repositories, it is convenient to have the same set of aliases available. So, to synchronize the Git aliases across different workstat...

Background I have successfully configured Bash completion for various Git aliases. For example: $ git config alias.subject !git --no-pager show --quiet --pretty='%s' $ function _git_subject() { _gi...

I'd like the command git co to be the same as typing git checkout. A normal Bash alias (alias co='checkout') doesn't work.

Can I pass arguments to the alias of a Git command? I have some alias in Git config, like so: rb1 = rebase -i HEAD~1 rb2 = rebase -i HEAD~2 rb3 = rebase -i HEAD~3 rb4 = rebase -i HEAD~4 .... Is...

I'm working on a git repo that contains submodules. I've got branches by the same name (like master, development..) in all submodules (including parent module) and they all track their correspondin...

My team uses a common naming convention for branch names, which include the Jira task number in the branch name. feature/ACD-1664_update-api-call feature/VZ-1943_new-provider-template hotfix/RV-...

I've been getting my feet wet in writing git aliases that take arguments. I've seen some people running shell scripts with [alias] shAlias = !sh -c \" ... \" and others running functions with ...

I often find myself typing this: git push remote1 branch1 branch2 tag1 tag2 tag3.. git push remote2 branch1 branch2 tag1 tag2 tag3.. I would prefer an alias where I can type this instead: git p...

I sometimes accidentally type git commit -amend when I really wanted to git commit --amend. Git detects that and asks me $ git commit -amend error: did you mean `--amend` (with two dashes ?) wh...

I have the following aliases in my .gitconfig: [alias] lg = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(whit...

When an external command is run via Git alias, it is run from the rood directory of the repository (where the .git/ is usually located). It can be checked with: $ cd /some/path/inside/repo $ echo ...

I'm trying to write an alias to delete both a local and remote branch at the same time, but I can't figure out why the syntax is not working. In ~/.gitconfig, I've tried the following aliases, but ...

I am working on a branch called foo and I want to rebase my branch against origin/foo. In modern versions of git I could run $ git pull --rebase origin foo That's a lot of typing for a common op...

Here's a simple example to demonstrate my problem. If I do: git commit -m "`date --utc`" It executes date --utc, and puts the result inside the commit message. However, when I alias it to testc...

For a long time, I had the following alias in my aliases file: ignore=!([ ! -e .gitignore ] && touch .gitignore) | echo $1 >>.gitignore It wasn't original to me, and if you search ...

I'm trying to set up an alias, as I have many. For some reason, this one does not work. Any idea? [alias] t = "!git log --decorate --oneline | egrep '^[0-9a-f]+ \(tag: ' | sed -r 's/^.+tag: ([^ ]...

As you can see from this excerpt, there is a "!" before the git command. What's the point? [alias] commitx = !git add . && git commit - https://stackoverflow.com/a/8956546/1354543 I und...

I set up a git alias like this: git config --global alias.popmerge '!git stash pop && git merge master' Then I call it, like this: git popmerge The "git stash pop" is executed, but th...