Pass an argument to a Git alias command

October 10, 2022 by Tarik

If you consider the Git Faq section “Git Aliases with argument”, you could do it, but by calling git through a shell:

[alias]
        rb = "!sh -c \"git rebase -i HEAD~$1\" -"

I haven’t tested it yet, but if you can pass an argument, that would be the way to do it.

A similar solution would be to use a shell function:

[alias]
        rb = "!f() { git rebase -i HEAD~$1; }; f"