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using aliases is a beginners mistake. they will one day break. just type in the real thing. also, if you use aliases for commands that you use a lot, it is bet
by inatreecrown2 6y ago
using aliases is a beginners mistake. they will one day break. just type in the real thing.
also, if you use aliases for commands that you use a lot, it is better to remember how to correctly type the command.
- cyberpip 6y agoimagine not typing out the full/basic git commands the rest of your life and all the time that'll save though
- inatreecrown2 6y agoimagine loosing your aliases. just learn to type and enjoy life.
- avindroth 6y agoOr you can spend less time typing and enjoy life
- inatreecrown2 6y agoyes, but with a crutch
- sylens 6y agoThe worst case scenario is that I lose my .zshrc file and have to google commands again
- tenantless 6y agoOr, keep your dot files in a public/private Git repo and don't worry about that either. Also makes setting up new machines/users a breeze.
- avindroth 6y agoYeah why would anyone not version control their dot files
- deadbunny 6y agoHow do you "lose" your aliases?
- ubercow13 6y agoImagine writing software instead of doing everything by hand! That software could just break one day!
- burke 6y agoWow I really can’t disagree with this hard enough. I’ve added extensive aliases to my shell and it saves me mountains of time. If they break, so what? You fix them? It’s computers; everything breaks eventually. I’m appalled at the idea of trading constant convenience against some hypothetical and unspecified future breakage.
- mkchoi212 6y agoI don't understand what the negatives of typing `gs` over `git status` is.. Unless I have a bin named `gs`.. but as long as I know that, what are the disadvantages?