On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM Ian Wienand <iwienand@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [...] > For a "split" alias, e.g. test = "!echo $*" you will see > > $ GIT_TRACE=1 git test hello > 11:00:45.959420 git.c:755 trace: exec: git-test hello > 11:00:45.959737 run-command.c:657 trace: run_command: git-test hello > 11:00:45.961424 run-command.c:657 trace: run_command: 'echo $*' hello > 11:00:45.961528 run-command.c:437 trace: prepare_cmd: /bin/sh -c 'echo $* "$@"' 'echo $*' hello > hello hello > > which clearly shows you the appended "$@". This can be very helpful > when an alias is giving you an unexpected synatx error that is very s/synatx/syntax/ > difficult figure out from only the run_command trace point, > e.g. test = "!for i in 1 2 3; do echo $i; done" > [...] > Signed-off-by: Ian Wienand <iwienand@xxxxxxxxxx>
