bash-tiasft

bash-tiasft (I know, what an unpronounceable name) loads your aliases and reminds you about them when you type a command that could have been abbreviated.

Install

First things first, set up bash-preexec.

Then download bash-tiasft.sh and source it in your .bashrc before bash-preexec.

Step by step

Download bash-tiasft.sh and place it in your home directory:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glumia/bash-tiasft/master/bash-tiasft.sh -o ~/.bash-tiasft.sh

Now add [[ -r ~/.bash-tiasft.sh ]] && source ~/.bash-tiasft.sh in your .bashrc.

This is how it should look like:

# Activate Bash-Tiasft
[[ -r ~/.bash-tiasft.sh ]] && source ~/.bash-tiasft.sh

# Activate Bash-Preexec (https://github.com/rcaloras/bash-preexec)
[[ -r ~/.bash-preexec.sh ]] && source ~/.bash-preexec.sh

Usage

Define some aliases, eg:

alias gcd='git checkout develop'
alias gcm='git checkout master'
alias gca='git commit --amend'
alias gcan='git commit --amend --no-edit'

Now use the command line as usual. If you type a command that could have been abbreviated with an alias, bash-tiasft will suggest it for the next time:

$ git commit --amend --no-edit
There is a shortcut for that!
    alias gcan='git commit --amend --no-edit'

[master 239a721] Add todo list
 Date: Sat Sep 12 19:09:59 2020 +0200
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 TODO.md
$
$
$ gcan
[master b0972e3] Add todo list
 Date: Sat Sep 12 19:09:59 2020 +0200
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 TODO.md

Tests

You can run tests with bats.

~/bash-tiasft$ bats test/
 ✓ should match a shortcut
 ✓ should match the most powerful shortcut
 ✓ should not import if it's already defined
 ✓ should import if not defined

4 tests, 0 failures

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to the people of bash-preexec for this utility!