From ac1f12a9de4b79b176a08f524fecdb092ff00e74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonatan Holmgren Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:57:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Git alias names are limited to ASCII alphanumeric characters and dashes because aliases are implemented as config variable names. This prevents aliases being created in languages using characters outside that range. Add support for arbitrary alias names by using config subsections: [alias "förgrena"] command = branch The subsection name is matched as-is (case-sensitive byte comparison), while the existing definition without a subsection (e.g., "[alias] co = checkout") remains case-insensitive for backward compatibility. This uses existing config infrastructure since subsections already support arbitrary bytes, and avoids introducing Unicode normalization. Also teach the help subsystem about the new syntax so that "git help -a" properly lists subsection aliases and the autocorrect feature can suggest them. Use utf8_strwidth() instead of strlen() for column alignment so that non-ASCII alias names display correctly. Suggested-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Jonatan Holmgren Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config/alias.adoc | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- alias.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++---- help.c | 14 ++++++-- t/t0014-alias.sh | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc index 80ce17d2de..115fdbb1e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc @@ -1,12 +1,46 @@ alias.*:: - Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. - after defining `alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD`, the invocation - `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 - commands. Arguments are split by - spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping are supported. - A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them. +alias.*.command:: + Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper. Aliases + can be defined using two syntaxes: ++ +-- +1. Without a subsection, e.g., `[alias] co = checkout`. The alias + name ("co" in this example) is + limited to ASCII alphanumeric characters and `-`, + and is matched case-insensitively. +2. With a subsection, e.g., `[alias "co"] command = checkout`. The + alias name can contain any characters (except for newlines and NUL bytes), + including UTF-8, and is matched case-sensitively as raw bytes. + You define the action of the alias in the `command`. +-- ++ +Examples: ++ +---- +# Without subsection (ASCII alphanumeric and dash only) +[alias] + co = checkout + st = status + +# With subsection (allows any characters, including UTF-8) +[alias "hämta"] + command = fetch +[alias "rätta till"] + command = commit --amend +---- ++ +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`. 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. +A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them. + Note that the first word of an alias does not necessarily have to be a command. It can be a command-line option that will be passed into the diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c index 271acb9bf1..0d636278bc 100644 --- a/alias.c +++ b/alias.c @@ -13,28 +13,52 @@ struct config_alias_data { struct string_list *list; }; -static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value, +static int config_alias_cb(const char *var, const char *value, const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED, void *d) { struct config_alias_data *data = d; - const char *p; + const char *subsection, *key; + size_t subsection_len; - if (!skip_prefix(key, "alias.", &p)) + if (parse_config_key(var, "alias", &subsection, &subsection_len, + &key) < 0) + return 0; + + /* + * Two config syntaxes: + * - alias.name = value (without subsection, case-insensitive) + * - [alias "name"] + * command = value (with subsection, case-sensitive) + */ + if (subsection && strcmp(key, "command")) return 0; if (data->alias) { - if (!strcasecmp(p, data->alias)) { + int match; + + if (subsection) + match = (strlen(data->alias) == subsection_len && + !strncmp(data->alias, subsection, + subsection_len)); + else + match = !strcasecmp(data->alias, key); + + if (match) { FREE_AND_NULL(data->v); return git_config_string(&data->v, - key, value); + var, value); } } else if (data->list) { struct string_list_item *item; if (!value) - return config_error_nonbool(key); + return config_error_nonbool(var); - item = string_list_append(data->list, p); + if (subsection) + item = string_list_append_nodup(data->list, + xmemdupz(subsection, subsection_len)); + else + item = string_list_append(data->list, key); item->util = xstrdup(value); } diff --git a/help.c b/help.c index a781ebb98d..82fb2eaa3f 100644 --- a/help.c +++ b/help.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h" #include "repository.h" #include "alias.h" +#include "utf8.h" #ifndef NO_CURL #include "git-curl-compat.h" /* For LIBCURL_VERSION only */ @@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ static void print_command_list(const struct cmdname_help *cmds, for (i = 0; cmds[i].name; i++) { if (cmds[i].category & mask) { - size_t len = strlen(cmds[i].name); + size_t len = utf8_strwidth(cmds[i].name); printf(" %s ", cmds[i].name); if (longest > len) mput_char(' ', longest - len); @@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ static void list_all_cmds_help_aliases(int longest) string_list_sort(&alias_list); for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) { - size_t len = strlen(alias_list.items[i].string); + size_t len = utf8_strwidth(alias_list.items[i].string); if (longest < len) longest = len; } @@ -592,8 +593,15 @@ static int git_unknown_cmd_config(const char *var, const char *value, /* Also use aliases for command lookup */ if (!parse_config_key(var, "alias", &subsection, &subsection_len, &key)) { - if (!subsection) + if (subsection) { + /* [alias "name"] command = value */ + if (!strcmp(key, "command")) + add_cmdname(&cfg->aliases, subsection, + subsection_len); + } else { + /* alias.name = value */ add_cmdname(&cfg->aliases, key, strlen(key)); + } } return 0; diff --git a/t/t0014-alias.sh b/t/t0014-alias.sh index a13d2be8ca..34bbdb51c5 100755 --- a/t/t0014-alias.sh +++ b/t/t0014-alias.sh @@ -122,4 +122,65 @@ test_expect_success 'alias without value reports error' ' test_grep "alias.noval" error ' +test_expect_success 'subsection syntax works' ' + test_config alias.testnew.command "!echo ran-subsection" && + git testnew >output && + test_grep "ran-subsection" output +' + +test_expect_success 'subsection syntax only accepts command key' ' + test_config alias.invalid.notcommand value && + test_must_fail git invalid 2>error && + test_grep -i "not a git command" error +' + +test_expect_success 'subsection syntax requires value for command' ' + test_when_finished "git config --remove-section alias.noval" && + cat >>.git/config <<-\EOF && + [alias "noval"] + command + EOF + test_must_fail git noval 2>error && + test_grep "alias.noval.command" error +' + +test_expect_success 'simple syntax is case-insensitive' ' + test_config alias.LegacyCase "!echo ran-legacy" && + git legacycase >output && + test_grep "ran-legacy" output +' + +test_expect_success 'subsection syntax is case-sensitive' ' + test_config alias.SubCase.command "!echo ran-upper" && + test_config alias.subcase.command "!echo ran-lower" && + git SubCase >upper.out && + git subcase >lower.out && + test_grep "ran-upper" upper.out && + test_grep "ran-lower" lower.out +' + +test_expect_success 'UTF-8 alias with Swedish characters' ' + test_config alias."förgrena".command "!echo ran-swedish" && + git förgrena >output && + test_grep "ran-swedish" output +' + +test_expect_success 'UTF-8 alias with CJK characters' ' + test_config alias."分支".command "!echo ran-cjk" && + git 分支 >output && + test_grep "ran-cjk" output +' + +test_expect_success 'alias with spaces in name' ' + test_config alias."test name".command "!echo ran-spaces" && + git "test name" >output && + test_grep "ran-spaces" output +' + +test_expect_success 'subsection aliases listed in help -a' ' + test_config alias."förgrena".command "!echo test" && + git help -a >output && + test_grep "förgrena" output +' + test_done