Git Bash on Windows: adding a permanent alias

If you are using Git Bash on Windows and you're used to Linux bash commands, chances are that you'd like to add aliases that help making your jobs easier.

These two are my favorite aliases:

$ alias cll='clear; ls -lah'
$ alias countFiles='ls -1 | wc -l'

How to add an alias permanently for the Git Bash

1. To add an alias permanently, you'd need to edit the file
   /C/Program Files/Git/etc/profile.d/aliases.sh .

2. Run your text editor as an administrator and open that file.

3. Add your alias and save the file.

4. Open the Git Bash. Execute 'alias', and you're done. Have fun.
   

$ alias
alias cll='clear; ls -lah'
alias countFiles='ls -1 | wc -l'
alias ll='ls -lah'
alias ls='ls -F --color=auto --show-control-chars'

Comments

[korey 🇳🇬]

thanks for this.

a little thing to note is this works while navigating in bash

cd /c/'Program Files'/Git/etc/profile.d
not
cd /c/Program Files/Git/etc/profile.d as this one won't work in bash

[Max]

also to note: my git installation was in the AppData folder, so my path looked like this:

"%LocalAppData%\Programs\Git\etc\profile.d\aliases.sh"
OR
"C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\profile.d\aliases.sh"
OR
"~/AppData/Local/Programs/Git/etc/profile.d/aliases.sh"
OR
"/c/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Programs/Git/etc/profile.d/aliases.sh"

[natank]

Note: place the equal sign ('=') immediately after the alias without any spaces.
Examples:

alias k = 'kubectl' // not working
alias k= 'kubectl' // working

[Prateek Aher]

Dude, you're a lifesaver.

[Abiruzzaman Molla]

Tired of typing git add . && git commit -m "msg" && git push every time?
I made a gitupdate() Bash function that does it all — with colours & a spinner.

-Stage
-Commit
-Push

One line in Git Bash.
gitupdate "commit message" [branch]

gitupdate() {
    commitMessage="$1"
    branch="$2"

    if [ -z "$commitMessage" ]; then
        echo -e "\033[31mError:\033[0m Commit message is required."
        echo "Usage: gitupdate \"commit message\" [branch]"
        return 1
    fi

    echo -e "\n\033[33mExecuting gitupdate command with the following actions:\033[0m"
    echo "  - Staging all changes in the repository."
    echo "  - Committing changes with message '$commitMessage'."
    if [ -n "$branch" ]; then
        echo -e "  - Pushing changes to branch '\033[33m$branch\033[0m'."
    else
        echo -e "  - Pushing changes to the current branch."
    fi

    echo -e "\n\033[36mCurrent Git status:\033[0m"
    git status

    echo -e "\n\033[32mStaging all changes...\033[0m"
    spin &
    SPIN_PID=$!
    trap "kill -9 $SPIN_PID" $(seq 0 15)
    git add .
    kill -9 $SPIN_PID 2>/dev/null
    echo -e "\nFiles added to staging area successfully."

    echo -e "\n\033[35mCommitting changes with message '$commitMessage'...\033[0m"
    spin &
    SPIN_PID=$!
    trap "kill -9 $SPIN_PID" $(seq 0 15)
    git commit -m "$commitMessage"
    kill -9 $SPIN_PID 2>/dev/null
    echo -e "\nChanges committed successfully."

    if [ -n "$branch" ]; then
        echo -e "\n\033[33mPushing changes to branch '$branch'...\033[0m"
        spin &
        SPIN_PID=$!
        trap "kill -9 $SPIN_PID" $(seq 0 15)
        git push origin "$branch"
        kill -9 $SPIN_PID 2>/dev/null
    else
        echo -e "\n\033[32mPushing changes to current branch...\033[0m"
        spin &
        SPIN_PID=$!
        trap "kill -9 $SPIN_PID" $(seq 0 15)
        git push
        kill -9 $SPIN_PID 2>/dev/null
    fi
    echo -e "\n\033[36mChanges pushed successfully.\033[0m"

    echo -e "\n\033[36mUpdated Git status:\033[0m"
    git status
}

# Spinner animation for bash
spin() {
    local spinner='-\|/'
    while :; do
        for i in $(seq 0 3); do
            printf "\b${spinner:$i:1}"
            sleep 0.1
        done
    done
}

# Alias for convenience
alias gitupdate="gitupdate"

[Sekti Wicaksono]

I always use ll with

alias ll='ls -lash'

[Binaya Shrestha]

thanks a lot.
also worked multi-line alias like this:

dcosql() {
  cd ~
  cd /d/dio/dio-scripts/docker/development/
  docker-compose up -d mssql
  }

[Ademir Diamente Júnior]

Tks, dude! It really helped me 😁

[cuneyter]

Thank you. That is a great help :)

[Cornea Florin]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!!