Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:55:24PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> > But what if you don't want the argument passed at the end of the >> > alias, but somewhere else? I suspect the better answer would be to >> > support $* and $1, $2, $3, et. al interpolation, no? It was on my >> > list of things to do when I had a spare moment, but I never got around >> > to it. >> >> There is a point where you do not want to complicate git, but rather write >> a script. This is such a point IMHO. > > Such a point exists, I agree, but I would draw after $* and $1/$2/$3 > interpolation. There is a lot more value that gets added with > positional arguments support, and it makes git aliases more usable on > platforms such as Windows where scripting capability is much more > limited. That actually sounds sensible, but you could alias !sh -c 'command $2 $1 $3' to reorder the parameters, couldn't you? - 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
