How do I search my git aliases?

Question

There are some aliases that I use less frequently and want to check before I execute.

How can I easily search my git aliases?

Answer 1

Add to your .gitconfig under [alias]:

aliases = !git config --list | grep ^alias\\. | cut -c 7- | grep -Ei --color \"$1\" "#"

Then you can do

• git aliases commit - show aliases containing "commit"
• git aliases ^st= - show what the st alias does
• git aliases - show ALL aliases

The first argument is an (optional) POSIX extended regular expression. Any additional arguments are ignored.

Answer 2

git --list-cmds=alias lists all aliases.[1] So you can for example pipe that to grep:

git --list-cmds=alias | grep log

Notes

1. man git as of git version 2.40.0: “This is an internal/experimental option and may change or be removed in the future.”