Is it possible to override git command by git alias?

Question

my ~/.gitconfig is:

[alias]         commit = "!sh commit.sh" 

However, when I type git commit, script is not called.

Is it possible, or I have to use another alias name?

Answer 1

It is NOT POSSIBLE

This is from my clone of git.git:

static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv) {     int done_alias = 0;      while (1) {         /* See if it's an internal command */         handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);          /* .. then try the external ones */         execv_dashed_external(*argv);          /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity          * of overriding "git log" with "git show" by having          * alias.log = show          */         if (done_alias || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))             break;         done_alias = 1;     }      return done_alias; } 

So its not possible. (handle_internal_command calls exit if it finds the command).

You could fix this in your sources by changing the order of the lines and making handle_alias call exit if it finds the alias.