[kwlug-disc] Using the alias command with the Git Command Line Interface

[Federer Fanatic]

I have a query about how one can adapt familiarity of  RCS usage to Git
usage. My impression is that version numbers
like RCS can be simulated using "branches" in git? I haven't used Git much
beyond pulling interesting source code.

FF




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On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:06 AM, Adam Glauser <adamglauser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this John. For what it's worth, I've been using Git for
> years now, and I strongly prefer the CLI over any GUI I've used. That being
> said, I do use GUI tools for certain operations. For example, see `git
> mergetool`. My preferred tool is KDiff3 (which is available on the other OS
> as well).
>
> My approach to your problem is to use environment variables. An advantage
> of this approach is that you can then refer to those paths in a variety of
> use cases.
>
> # ~/.profile
> export P_A_DIR=/c/Users/user/projects/projectA
> export P_B_DIR=/c/Users/user/projects/projectB
>
> You can then do things like:
> $ cd $P_A_DIR
> $ diff $P_A_DIR/path/to/file $P_B_CODE/path/to/file
>
> In particular, I find this handy for referring to locations on remote
> boxes, where I may not be able to use aliases or remote env. vars. easily.
> $ scp $P_A_DIR/path/to/file user at server:$P_A_TEST/path/to/file
>    or
> $ scp $P_A_DIR/path/to/file user at server:$P_A_RELEASE/path/to/file
>
> Hope this helps,
> Adam
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:36 AM John Johnson <jvj at golden.net> wrote:
>
>> Update
>> A while ago I was informed about the use of alias command.
>> My Bad: I had forgotten about the alias command, as I used it back when
>> was UNIX sysadm, many eons ago.
>>
>> While my application is not in Linux what I have shown below shows how I
>> am using the alias command with the git command window.
>> The same can apply to Linux.
>>
>> In the other OS, I have placed .bashrc (shown below) in the git home
>> directory /c/Users/user/.
>> I have a number of projects, each with their own development directory
>> and git repository.
>> In the git command window, I use the alias commands shown below to
>> define shortcuts that will put me in the development directory for the
>> current project.
>>
>> # .bashrc
>> # created 20180211
>> alias cdprojectA="cd /c/Users/user/projects/projectA"
>> alias cdprojectB="cd /c/Users/user/projects/projectB"
>> alias cdprojectC="cd /c/Users/user/projects/projectC"
>> # done
>>
>> Next: Study & use the git control files: .gitignore and .ignore.
>>
>> And yes! At this time, I prefer to use git from the command line window.
>> Using the git gui will come later.
>>
>> JohnJ
>>
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