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 … Read more
This will work (tested with zsh and bash): [alias] chs = !git checkout $1 && git status
Basically you just need to add lines to ~/.gitconfig [alias] st = status ci = commit -v Or you can use the git config alias command: $ git config –global alias.st status On unix, use single quotes if the alias has a space: $ git config –global alias.ci ‘commit -v’ On windows, use double quotes … Read more