Homebrew Aliases
This tap allows you to alias your Homebrew commands.
Install
brew tap homebrew/aliases
Usage
This works similar to the alias command:
# add aliases
$ brew alias up='update'
$ brew alias i='install'
# print all aliases
$ brew alias
# print one alias
$ brew alias up
# use your aliases like any other command
$ brew i git
# remove an alias
$ brew unalias i
Note: Some commands are reserved and canโt be aliased (Homebrew core
commands as well as alias and unalias).
Additional Features
All aliases are prefixed with brew, unless they start with ! or %:
# 'brew up' -> 'brew update'
$ brew alias up=update
# 'brew status' -> 'git status'
$ brew alias status='!git status'
Note: You may need single-quotes to prevent your shell from
interpreting !, but % will work for both types.
# Use shell expansion to preserve a local variable
# 'brew git status' -> '/path/to/my/git status'
$ mygit=/path/to/my/git
$ brew alias git="% $mygit"
Aliases can include other aliases:
$ brew alias show=info
$ brew alias print=show
$ brew print git # will run 'brew info git'
Aliases can be opened in $EDITOR with the --edit flag.
# Edit alias 'brew foo'
$ brew alias foo --edit
# Assign and edit alias 'brew foo'
$ brew alias foo=bar --edit
# This works too
$ brew alias --edit foo
$ brew alias --edit foo=bar
# Open all aliases in EDITOR
$ brew alias --edit
Note: If the named alias doesn't exist it will be created.