Creating Git Rebase Alias

Question

I have this git command that I use a lot as an zsh function.

git push --set-upstream origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

What I want to achive is create an alias and be able to call it as git upstream rather than calling just $ upstream as an zsh function. The closest I did get was this:

[alias]
    upstream = "!fn() { git push --set-upstream origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) }; fn"

However, my guess is, it does fail at $(...) due to some parsing error. The error it shows me is this:

> git upstream
fn() { git push --set-upstream origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) }; fn: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Is what I am trying to do through aliases possible? If not, can you direct me to any kind of a source to create git upstream command?

create a script `git-upstream`, then when you call `git upstream` this will call `git-upstream` — Ôrel, Jun 30 '20 at 17:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '20 at 17:43

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In your local bin directory for example ~/bin Create a git-upstream file:

#!/bin/sh
git push --set-upstream origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

Then make it executable

chmod u+x git-upstream

Now you can call git upstream

answered Jun 30 '20 at 17:43

Ôrel

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Oh! This is great but how does this work? Does git parses the name after `-` automatically? – ogirginc Jun 30 '20 at 17:47
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@ogirginc Yes, it does, if you do `git x`, git will look for `git-x`. – Lasse V. Karlsen Jun 30 '20 at 17:50
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Well, the other way around — git doesn't parse `git-X`, it constructs `git-X` from `git X`. – phd Jun 30 '20 at 19:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '20 at 17:45

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Turns out I was very close but just missed a semicolon! ‍♂️

[alias]
  upstream = "!f() { git push --set-upstream origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD); }; f"

answered Jun 30 '20 at 17:45

ogirginc

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`zsh` allows `f () { cmd }`, but Git doesn't use your login shell; it uses the system default shell, which requires the last command in the body to be properly terminated. – chepner Jun 30 '20 at 17:51

Creating Git Rebase Alias

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