Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> So I tried to solve this via an alias like:
> [alias]
> stash = "!c(){ if [ \"$#\" -eq 0 ]; then git stash list; else git stash \"$@\"; fi; }; c"
>
> which seems however to be ignored when the alias name is "stash" (it
> works as it should when I use e.g. foo = ...).
Look for "alias.*" in "git help config".
To avoid
confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
hide existing Git commands are ignored.
> Also when using such shell functions seems to be not extensively
> documented (or I didn't find it)... the example in git-config gives the
> "!c()..." syntax but doesn't seem to tell what the ! is for?
If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation
point, it will be treated as a shell command.
