An alias helps you to produce a route name for a command, file name, or any shell text. By victimisation of aliases, you save heaps of your time once doing tasks that you were doing frequently.
What is an alias? 🤔
The alias Korn shell integrated command to outline a phrase as an alias/shortcut for a few command. You can use aliases to redefine integrated or complex instructions except not to redefine reserved words.
Syntax:
alias [ -t ] [ -x ] [ AliasName [ =String ] ] ...
Flags:
-t - Sets or displays all existing tracked aliases-x - Displays all existing exported alias definitions
Exit Status:
0 - Success>0 - An error occurred
Example 🙌🏻
alias gs='git status'
How to configure alias in macOS? 🧑🏻💻
- Open terminal
- Type
code ~/.zshrcwhich opens the zsh config file in VSCode - Configure your alias by following the above syntax and flags
Examples of my aliases:
alias gc='git commit -s -m'
alias gs='git status'
alias ga='git add'
alias gfu='git fetch upstream'
alias grum='git rebase upstream/master'
alias gpom='git push origin master'
alias gul='git fetch upstream && git rebase upstream/master && git push origin master'
alias gpo='git push origin'
- Save the file by clicking
cmd + s - Now in your terminal, type
source ~/.zshrc, which you applies the content of the file to the currently running Zsh process.
You are good to go 🎉
You can test your alias if its working by entering a repo in your machine and running gs
If you want to learn more about alias and its configuration, you can refer to, https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/alias.1p.html#:~:text=An%20alias%20definition%20provides%20a,subshells%20of%20the%20current%20shell.
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