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NAME
       glab-alias-set - Set an alias for a longer command.



SYNOPSIS
       glab alias set  '' [flags]



DESCRIPTION
       Declare a word as an alias for a longer command.


       Your expansion might include arguments and flags. If your expansion
       includes positional placeholders such as $1 or $2, any extra arguments
       that follow the invocation of an alias are inserted appropriately.


       Specify --shell in your alias to run it through sh, a shell converter.
       Shell conversion enables you to compose commands with | or redirect
       with >, with these caveats:

       o Any extra arguments following the alias are not passed to the
         expanded expression arguments by default.

       o You must explicitly accept the arguments using $1, $2, and so on.

       o Use $@ to accept all arguments.


       For Windows users only:

       o On Windows, shell aliases are executed with sh as installed by Git
         For Windows. If you installed Git in some other way in Windows, shell
         aliases might not work for you.

       o Always use quotation marks when defining a command, as in the
         examples.



OPTIONS
       -s, --shell[=false]      Declare an alias to be passed through a shell
       interpreter.



OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
       -h, --help[=false]  Show help for this command.



EXAMPLE
       $ glab alias set mrv 'mr view'
       $ glab mrv -w 123
       > glab mr view -w 123

       $ glab alias set createissue 'glab create issue --title "$1"'
       $ glab createissue "My Issue" --description "Something is broken."
       > glab create issue --title "My Issue" --description "Something is broken."

       $ glab alias set --shell igrep 'glab issue list --assignee="$1" | grep $2'
       $ glab igrep user foo
       > glab issue list --assignee="user" | grep "foo"




SEE ALSO
       glab-alias(1)

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