I am being pedantic, but that would be a function and not an alias. This one is simple enough to be defined as an alias: alias gitdiff='git diff --patienc

I am being pedantic, but that would be a function and not an alias. This one is simple enough to be defined as an alias: alias gitdiff='git diff --patience --ignore-space-at-eol -b -w --ignore-blank-lines' This[1] discusses aliases vs functions (just to make my reply a bit more useful [may be not for you, but in general] and to me feel less guilty.) [1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30925/in-bash-when-to-alias-when-to-script-and-when-to-write-a-function http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30925/in-bash-when-t...