Alias "git git" to just "git"?

Question

Every now and then I wind up typing "git" then think of something else, then type e.g., "git checkout master". Of course, this leaves me with

$ git git checkout master
git: 'git' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

Did you mean this?
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Is there a way to create a git alias named git that is a no-op? I've tried the obvious like "git = ''" and "git = """ and "git = " "" but not surprisingly, they all result in responses like Expansion of alias 'git' failed; '' is not a git command.

Answer 1

I figured out the answer: Rather than alias, you just need to have script named git-git in your path with the contents:

#!/bin/bash
git "$@"

so when you say "git git", git looks for git-git, and passes the remaining arguments to it. Of course, by recursion, you can be very absent minded and say "git" as many times as you like:

$ git git git git git git git git git git git git status # <- still works

Update: Yesterday I hit enter on gitgit status. So, while you are at it, may as well symlink git-git to gitgit. That doesn't chain indefinitely, but still.