3.3 Working with aliases

We can automate a lot of our work, by running multiple commands at the same time. Aliases are another way to make your life easier.

In Linux, an alias is a shortcut that references a command. An alias replaces a string that invokes a command in the Linux shell with another user-defined string.

# same file we modified it for paths
vim ~/.bashrc

alias bang='git status && git add --all && git commit -m '
alias bing='git push'
. ~/.bashrc

# when we run the command will be
bang "Commit message"; bing

Create a script that runs the same functionalities as aliases

Create a script, add executable permission edit content

touch gitPush && chmod +x gitPush && vim gitPush

# !/usr/bin/env bash

######################################
# Automates the git push process.
# Usage: ./scriptName
# Author: Skillab Team
# Copyright: Bla Bla Bla
######################################

######################################
# Description
# checks the status of the repository
# adds all the updated files
# adds a message commit
# pushes the code to the
# Globals:
#        None
# Arguments:
#        ${1} - Commit Message
######################################

function pushCode() {
git status
git add --all
git commit -m "${1}"
git push
}

if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
        pushCode()
        echo "[INFO]: Code pushed."
else
        echo "[ERROR]: No arguments supplied."
fi