glab(1)

NAME

glab-alias-set - Set an alias for a longer command.

SYNOPSIS

glab alias set '' [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Declare a word as an alias for a longer command.

Your expansion might include arguments and flags. If your expansion includes positional placeholders such as '$1' or '$2', any extra arguments that follow the invocation of an alias are inserted appropriately.

Specify '--shell' in your alias to run it through 'sh', a shell converter. Shell conversion enables you to compose commands with "|" or redirect with ">", with these caveats:

    •   Any extra arguments following the alias are not passed to the expanded expression arguments by default.

    •   You must explicitly accept the arguments using '$1', '$2', and so on.

    •   Use '$@' to accept all arguments.

For Windows users only:

    •   On Windows, shell aliases are executed with 'sh' as installed by Git For Windows. If you installed Git in some other way in Windows, shell aliases might not work for you.

    •   Always use quotation marks when defining a command, as in the examples.

OPTIONS

-s, --shell[=false]
    Declare an alias to be passed through a shell interpreter.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--help[=false]
    Show help for this command.

EXAMPLE
    $ glab alias set mrv 'mr view'
    $ glab mrv -w 123
    # glab mr view -w 123
    $ glab alias set createissue 'glab create issue --title "$1"'
    $ glab createissue "My Issue" --description "Something is broken."
    # => glab create issue --title "My Issue" --description "Something is broken."
    $ glab alias set --shell igrep 'glab issue list --assignee="$1" | grep $2'
    $ glab igrep user foo
    # glab issue list --assignee="user" | grep "foo"

SEE ALSO

glab-alias(1)