diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc index 115fdbb1e3..26949a0ccb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc @@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ 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 last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. -`git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. To avoid -confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that +To avoid confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that hide existing Git commands are ignored except for deprecated commands. Arguments are split by spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping are supported.