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My life was also improved with some additional aliases in my git config: [alias] dfif = diff idff = diff grpe = grep

by tych0 6y ago

seqizz 6y ago
I handle this case with auto-correction for all one off errors via <tab>.
smichel17 6y ago
bashrc snippet (with extra newlines, for folks on mobile apps like materialistic that don't understand code formatting): # I do this an embarrassing amount alias fgf='fg' alias fgfg='fg' alias gf='fg' alias gfg='fg'
- twright0 6y ago
  This resonates... from mine: alias emcas='emacs' alias emac='emacs' alias emasc='emacs' alias enacs='emacs' alias emas='emacs' alias emascs='emacs' alias eamcs='emacs' alias eemacs='emacs'
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    I have aliased `emacs --daemon` to `emacsd` and `emacsclient -t` to `e` because I use it so much.
inetsee 6y ago
Years ago Interlisp (does anybody here remember Interlisp?) had a function called DWIM (AKA Do What I Mean). It was an (optionally enabled) part of the REPL. If you typed something that made no sense, DWIM would try to figure out what you really meant to type, and offered to run the corrected command. I have often wondered why that functionality disappeared, and why no one has tried to resurrect it. Search engines offer corrections all the time; why doesn't bash?
- abhiyerra 6y ago
  Zsh has this. But it mostly drives me mad.
- bitwize 6y ago
  Quaxity quuxity, Teitelman's Interlisp Has a DWIM feature that's Really a screw; MACLISP has evident Superiority Letting its customer Mean what he do. --The Great Quux (Guy L. Steele) This poem indicates the frustrations that hackers had with DWIM at the time, which may explain why no one tried to resurrect it. Too-clever-by-half features intended to help tend to drive people nuts, especially when they fail. Even when they succeed, they interrupt the user's flow and become like that dialog box Windows users just dismiss.
- reificator 6y ago
  https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
adamredwoods 6y ago
Nice! I create two-letter aliases, it truly helps: gc = git checkout gs = git status etc...
- elwell 6y ago
  Here's mine: alias g="git" __git_complete g _git # enable git autocompletion (braches, etc.) alias gc="git commit -am" alias gp="git push" __git_complete gp _git_checkout # checkout is more useful than _git_push because it autocompletes the branch alias ga="git add -A" alias gd="git diff" alias gb="git branch" alias gx="git checkout" __git_complete gx _git_checkout alias gs="git status" alias gl="git log"
  - thinkmassive 6y ago
    Good collection! I have many of these, plus a slightly longer one for quick fixups that happen all too often: alias gcane="git commit --amend --no-edit"
    - jaeckel 6y ago
      probably you will like function fixup() { git commit --fixup=$1 } function refixup() { git rebase -i --autosquash --autostash $1^1 }
- tejohnso 6y ago
  Nice, I have those same aliases. Also not afraid to add multi-letter aliases if I find myself typing the same multi-word command over and over. For example git diff master HEAD becomes gdmh
- ArtDev 6y ago
  I have a ton of aliases but I have them all proceeded by an underscore. That way, I don't muck up native commands. alias _up='sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y'
- djmetzle 6y ago
andrethegiant 6y ago
You might be interested in https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
ufo 6y ago
In a similar theme, I'm really glad I added ":q" as an alias for "exit" in my shell.
karatestomp 6y ago
I must forget to give grep an filesystem path argument at least 10% of the time I invoke it. What I'm intending to do in all of those cases is recursively grep in the current directory. "Warning: recursive search of stdin" might be my most-seen console error message.
- 0xADEADBEE 6y ago
  This used to happen to me constantly. I fixed it accidentally in switching to Ripgrep [0] which defaults to recursively searching the current directory. Bonus: it parallelises too! Honourable mention also to FZF [1] which not only makes it trivial to locate a file in a directory tree, but has revolutionised my history use with its fuzzy matching. [0] - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep [1] - https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
jaeckel 6y ago
I'm always puzzled how often the wheel gets re-invented ... https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-helpautoCorrect https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config...
- Kaze404 6y ago
  This is only for git commands though? `diff` and `grep` are their own thing.
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Not when they're git subcommands, or misspelt git aliases as above.
vfinn 6y ago
heh, I should make an alias for no-break space (code point 160/00A0) + 'grep', because I type it so often when I pipe and get: Command ' grep' not found, but there are 17 similar ones. Maybe I'm not the only one :).

My life was also improved with some additional aliases in my git config: [alias] dfif = diff idff = diff grpe = grep

by tych0 6y ago

My life was also improved with some additional aliases in my git config: [alias] dfif = diff idff = diff grpe = grep

seqizz 6y ago

I handle this case with auto-correction for all one off errors via <tab>.

smichel17 6y ago

bashrc snippet (with extra newlines, for folks on mobile apps like materialistic that don't understand code formatting): # I do this an embarrassing amount alias fgf='fg' alias fgfg='fg' alias gf='fg' alias gfg='fg'

twright0 6y ago
This resonates... from mine: alias emcas='emacs' alias emac='emacs' alias emasc='emacs' alias enacs='emacs' alias emas='emacs' alias emascs='emacs' alias eamcs='emacs' alias eemacs='emacs'
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  I have aliased `emacs --daemon` to `emacsd` and `emacsclient -t` to `e` because I use it so much.

inetsee 6y ago

Years ago Interlisp (does anybody here remember Interlisp?) had a function called DWIM (AKA Do What I Mean). It was an (optionally enabled) part of the REPL. If you typed something that made no sense, DWIM would try to figure out what you really meant to type, and offered to run the corrected command. I have often wondered why that functionality disappeared, and why no one has tried to resurrect it. Search engines offer corrections all the time; why doesn't bash?

abhiyerra 6y ago
Zsh has this. But it mostly drives me mad.
bitwize 6y ago
Quaxity quuxity, Teitelman's Interlisp Has a DWIM feature that's Really a screw; MACLISP has evident Superiority Letting its customer Mean what he do. --The Great Quux (Guy L. Steele) This poem indicates the frustrations that hackers had with DWIM at the time, which may explain why no one tried to resurrect it. Too-clever-by-half features intended to help tend to drive people nuts, especially when they fail. Even when they succeed, they interrupt the user's flow and become like that dialog box Windows users just dismiss.
reificator 6y ago
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

adamredwoods 6y ago

Nice! I create two-letter aliases, it truly helps: gc = git checkout gs = git status etc...

elwell 6y ago
Here's mine: alias g="git" __git_complete g _git # enable git autocompletion (braches, etc.) alias gc="git commit -am" alias gp="git push" __git_complete gp _git_checkout # checkout is more useful than _git_push because it autocompletes the branch alias ga="git add -A" alias gd="git diff" alias gb="git branch" alias gx="git checkout" __git_complete gx _git_checkout alias gs="git status" alias gl="git log"
- thinkmassive 6y ago
  Good collection! I have many of these, plus a slightly longer one for quick fixups that happen all too often: alias gcane="git commit --amend --no-edit"
  - jaeckel 6y ago
    probably you will like function fixup() { git commit --fixup=$1 } function refixup() { git rebase -i --autosquash --autostash $1^1 }
tejohnso 6y ago
Nice, I have those same aliases. Also not afraid to add multi-letter aliases if I find myself typing the same multi-word command over and over. For example git diff master HEAD becomes gdmh
ArtDev 6y ago
I have a ton of aliases but I have them all proceeded by an underscore. That way, I don't muck up native commands. alias _up='sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y'
djmetzle 6y ago

andrethegiant 6y ago

You might be interested in https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

ufo 6y ago

In a similar theme, I'm really glad I added ":q" as an alias for "exit" in my shell.

karatestomp 6y ago

I must forget to give grep an filesystem path argument at least 10% of the time I invoke it. What I'm intending to do in all of those cases is recursively grep in the current directory. "Warning: recursive search of stdin" might be my most-seen console error message.

0xADEADBEE 6y ago
This used to happen to me constantly. I fixed it accidentally in switching to Ripgrep [0] which defaults to recursively searching the current directory. Bonus: it parallelises too! Honourable mention also to FZF [1] which not only makes it trivial to locate a file in a directory tree, but has revolutionised my history use with its fuzzy matching. [0] - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep [1] - https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

jaeckel 6y ago

I'm always puzzled how often the wheel gets re-invented ... https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-helpautoCorrect https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config...

Kaze404 6y ago
This is only for git commands though? `diff` and `grep` are their own thing.
- OJFord 6y ago
  Not when they're git subcommands, or misspelt git aliases as above.

vfinn 6y ago

heh, I should make an alias for no-break space (code point 160/00A0) + 'grep', because I type it so often when I pipe and get: Command ' grep' not found, but there are 17 similar ones. Maybe I'm not the only one :).