diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc index 115fdbb1e3..dc04b0b4bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc @@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ Examples: ---- + With a Git alias defined, e.g., - - $ git config --global alias.last "cat-file commit HEAD" - # Which is equivalent to - $ git config --global alias.last.command "cat-file commit HEAD" - ++ +---- +$ git config --global alias.last "cat-file commit HEAD" +$ # Which is equivalent to +$ git config --global alias.last.command "cat-file commit HEAD" +---- ++ `git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. To avoid confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that hide existing Git commands are ignored except for deprecated