On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Tim Chase <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Having lost "add -p" work enough times when stashing, I finally > dug into the docs to see how to prevent it, discovering that > "--keep-index" does exactly what I want. However, now I have trouble > remembering to add the "--keep-index" until after I've shot myself in > the foot. How do I go about getting "git stash" to default to > "--keep-index"? I've played around a little with aliases, but > haven't found the right incantation. > > The existence of "--no-keep-index" suggests there's some way to make > "--keep-index" the default, but I'm missing it. > > Thanks, > > -tkc > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html git-config(1) states that you cannot hide existing Git commands. In other words, aliasing "git stash" to "git stash --keep-index" is not possible. You could try playing around with the exclamation point version (e.g. `git config "alias.stash = !git stash --keep-index"`), but I suspect that Git will still not allow you to hide the existing command. If you are willing to switch to a new command, you can fix this easily. For example, either of these would do what you want whenever you run `git stsh` (note the missing "a" in "stash") or `git stashki`: `git config "alias.stsh = stash --keep-index"` `git config "alias.stashki = stash --keep-index"` Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html