Creating aliases in PowerShell for git commands?

Question

I understand how to create aliases in PowerShell for cmdlets fine, but I want to create an alias in PowerShell for things like git status as just gs, a

Answer 1

I don't know PowerShell, but you can setup aliases directly in Git.

Answer 2

I created posh-git-alias which you can just add to your PowerShell $PROFILE.

Answer 3

Just created some shortcuts for myself and wanted to share:

Create a PowerShell profile (if you don't already have one):

New-Item -Type file -Path $PROFILE -Force

Open it to edit:

notepad $PROFILE

Add the following functions and aliases:

function Get-GitStatus { & git status $args }
New-Alias -Name s -Value Get-GitStatus
function Set-GitCommit { & git commit -am $args }
New-Alias -Name c -Value Set-GitCommit

When you restart your PowerShell session, you should be able to pass arguments to the aliases as well. e.g.:

c "This is a commit message"

Update:

Here are some more of my frequently-used shortcuts:

function Get-GitStatus { & git status -sb $args }
New-Alias -Name s -Value Get-GitStatus -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitCommit { & git commit -ev $args }
New-Alias -Name c -Value Get-GitCommit -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitAdd { & git add --all $args }
New-Alias -Name ga -Value Get-GitAdd -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitTree { & git log --graph --oneline --decorate $args }
New-Alias -Name t -Value Get-GitTree -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitPush { & git push $args }
New-Alias -Name gps -Value Get-GitPush -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitPull { & git pull $args }
New-Alias -Name gpl -Value Get-GitPull -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitFetch { & git fetch $args }
New-Alias -Name f -Value Get-GitFetch -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitCheckout { & git checkout $args }
New-Alias -Name co -Value Get-GitCheckout -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitBranch { & git branch $args }
New-Alias -Name b -Value Get-GitBranch -Force -Option AllScope
function Get-GitRemote { & git remote -v $args }
New-Alias -Name r -Value Get-GitRemote -Force -Option AllScope

Answer 4

You need to create a profile.ps1 file put it in a folder call WindowsPowerShell in my documents

Then put in profile.ps1 a line like this:

set-alias wit 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\witadmin.exe'

Answer 5

You will have to create a function first, that has your command in it. Then create an alias to that function.

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> function get-gitstatus { git status }

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> get-gitstatus
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> Set-Alias -Name gs -Value get-gitstatus

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> gs
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

You might also be interested in the OS project called posh-git that aims to provide a powershell environment for git commands. Wraps git commands with PS type functions and also provides a new prompt that shows the status and branch in your prompt.

EDIT: Forgot to add how to find out how to do this using Powershell.

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> get-help set-alias -examples

This will show you examples (the last one applies here) of how to use set-alias to create aliases to commands with paramaters, pipelines, etc.