Question

I understand how to create aliases in PowerShell for cmdlets fine, but I want to create an alias in PowerShell for things like git status as just gs, and git pull origin master as gpm. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

You will have to create a function first, that has your command in it. Then create an alias to that function.

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> function get-gitstatus { git status }

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> get-gitstatus
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> Set-Alias -Name gs -Value get-gitstatus

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> gs
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

You might also be interested in the OS project called posh-git that aims to provide a powershell environment for git commands. Wraps git commands with PS type functions and also provides a new prompt that shows the status and branch in your prompt.

EDIT: Forgot to add how to find out how to do this using Powershell.

PS C:\Users\jpogran\code\git\scripts> get-help set-alias -examples

This will show you examples (the last one applies here) of how to use set-alias to create aliases to commands with paramaters, pipelines, etc.