From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>
To: "Jonatan Holmgren" <jonatan@jontes•page>, git@vger•kernel.org
Cc: "Jeff King" <peff@peff•net>, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox•com>,
"D . Ben Knoble" <benknoble@gmail•com>,
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste•net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:55:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f1f37010-2e93-4e11-8298-420cd8931d62@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260218215737.1181147-4-jonatan@jontes.page>
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026, at 22:57, Jonatan Holmgren wrote:
> 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 <peff@peff•net>
> Signed-off-by: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes•page>
> ---
> 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..09a6499249 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc
>[snip]
> +# With subsection (allows any characters, including UTF-8)
> +[alias "hämta"]
> + command = fetch
> +[alias "rätta till"]
> + command = commit --amend
This is in `next` now so this is a question or note for later.
Is this `rätta till` supposed to have a space in it? Or is there
supposed to be a hyphen? I couldn’t get it to work.
Is the intent to use quotes for the command (in e.g. Bash)?
./bin-wrappers/git "rätta till"
> +----
> ++
> +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
This is also a note for later. I think this “To avoid” should now be
moved to a separate paragraph since it’s a different topic.
Sorry that all my feedback is this late! These are just notes for the
list in any case.
> +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.
>[snip]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 10:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-08 15:30 [RFC] Support UTF-8 characters in Git alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-08 16:07 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-08 23:21 ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 14:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 15:19 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-09 17:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 22:40 ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 23:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 0:45 ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-10 1:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 6:59 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 7:36 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 13:59 ` Theodore Tso
2026-02-09 22:01 ` [PATCH v1] alias: support UTF-8 characters via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 7:44 ` Jeff King
2026-02-10 8:30 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-10 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing and lookup Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:29 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-23 9:29 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 16:07 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 20:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 20:25 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 10:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 23:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-12 11:16 ` Richard Kerry
2026-02-12 15:34 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 18:52 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 10:27 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-12 15:35 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] support uTF-8 " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 18:32 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-17 20:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 16:21 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 22:19 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 20:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 23:33 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:21 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 10:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk [this message]
2026-02-24 14:48 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 23:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Junio C Hamano
2026-02-19 18:54 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 19:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 19:14 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 17:00 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-03-03 9:41 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-03 15:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example! Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 21:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-03-03 15:12 ` [PATCH] doc: fix list continuation in alias.adoc Jonatan Holmgren
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