maton alias set
maton alias set <alias> <expansion> [flags]
Define a word that will expand to a full maton command when invoked.
The expansion may specify additional arguments and flags. If the expansion includes
positional placeholders such as $1, extra arguments that follow the alias will be
inserted appropriately. Otherwise, extra arguments will be appended to the expanded
command.
Use - as expansion argument to read the expansion string from standard input. This
is useful to avoid quoting issues when defining expansions.
If the expansion starts with ! or if --shell was given, the expansion is a shell
expression that will be evaluated through the sh interpreter when the alias is
invoked. This allows for chaining multiple commands via piping and redirection.
Options
-
--clobber - Overwrite existing aliases of the same name
-s,--shell- Declare an alias to be passed through a shell interpreter
Options inherited from parent commands
-p,--profile <string>- Profile to use for this invocation (overrides the active profile; also reads MATON_PROFILE)
Examples
# Note: Command Prompt on Windows requires using double quotes for arguments
$ maton alias set prv 'github pr get'
$ maton prv 123 #=> maton github pr get 123
$ maton alias set bugs 'github issue list --label=bug'
$ maton bugs
$ maton alias set standup 'slack message send --channel C0123456789 --text'
$ maton standup "What I did today..."
$ maton alias set 'slack ping' 'slack message send --channel C0123456789 --text "ping"'
$ maton slack ping
$ maton alias set authoredBy 'github issue list --author="$1" --label="bug"'
$ maton authoredBy octocat #=> maton github issue list --author="octocat" --label="bug"
$ maton alias set --shell igrep 'maton github issue list --label="$1" | grep "$2"'
$ maton igrep bug foo #=> maton github issue list --label="bug" | grep "foo"