How to set command alias for git commit in Windows with parameter?

Question

I would like to be able to type into my cmd or powershell this command and it automatically do a commit with a message like this

commit "Finished amazing feature"

and it would execute this

git add .; git commit -m "Finished amazing feature"; git push

But when I tried to add this alias it is giving me some error and not working, what am I doing wrong?

doskey commit=git add .; git commit -m "$1"; git push

error: switch `m' requires a value

@aschipfl yes then the error was git: 'add.;' is not a git command — Liga
– Liga, Commented Nov 6, 2020 at 12:05
I would not recommend this as you have no chance to see what you are about to push — Michał Turczyn
– Michał Turczyn, Commented Nov 6, 2020 at 12:11
Oh, yes, I missed the wrong command separator ;, it is & in cmd and $T in doskey macros… — aschipfl
– aschipfl, Commented Nov 6, 2020 at 13:07

marsze · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-06 11:53:25Z

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In PowerShell, an alias is just another name for a command. But you can create your own command, namely a function:

function commit ($message) {
    git add .
    git commit -m $message
    git push
}

Add that function to your PowerShell $profile. It will then be automatically loaded into your session when you start PowerShell.

It is called just like you wanted:

commit "Finished amazing feature"

answered Nov 6, 2020 at 11:53

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Liga Over a year ago

Thanks, how would you do the same for cmd?

Liga Over a year ago

Found it DOSKEY commit=git add . $T git commit -m $1 $T git push In cmd the seperator command is $T

marsze Over a year ago

@Liga You can add the cmd version as additional answer to your own question. If someone else needs this. I would never do any new things in cmd though, it's more or less crappy legacy tool every since powershell arrived.

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