Re: [PATCH v3] build: add default aliases

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 02:20:21PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

For now simply add a few common aliases.

  co = checkout
  ci = commit
  rb = rebase
  st = status

Are these the best definitions of those shortcuts? It seems[1] that some
people define "ci" as "commit -a", and some people define "st" as
"status -s" or even "status -sb".

You are making things more consistent for people who already define
those aliases in the same way (they are available everywhere, even if
they have not moved their config to a new installation), but less so for
people who define them differently. Rather than get an obvious:

  git: 'co' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

the result will be subtly different (especially so in the case of
"commit" versus "commit -a").

-Peff

[1] https://github.com/search?q=%22ci+%3D+commit+-a%22+path%3A.gitconfig&type=Code

    https://github.com/search?q=%22st+%3D+status+-s%22&type=Code

    https://github.com/search?q=%22st+%3D+status+-sb%22&type=Code