Hi, On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Dirk Süsserott wrote: > Jay Soffian schrieb: > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, I've a question concerning git config and the alias things. > > > I'd like to create an alias 'atag' that creates an annotated > > > tag with the message being the same as the tag. Usually I create > > > annotated tags like this: > > > > > > $ git tag -a -m "mytag" mytag > > > > > > (BTW: It's not documented, but I have the impression that > > > the '-a' switch is implicitely added when the '-m' switch > > > is present. Is that true?) > > > > > > I'd like to have an alias like this: > > > > > > [alias] > > > atag = tag -a -m "$1" > > > > > > So that I can simply call > > > > > > $ git atag mytag > > > > > > Is it possible to pass parameters to the alias definition? > > > With the definition above I got a tag with message "$1". > > > > > > > atag = !git tag -a -m "$1" Why so complicated? atag = tag -a -m should work already. Hth, Dscho