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Last Updated: 2024-05-07
In my gitconfig file, I wrote the following shortcut for amending a commit message:
[alias]
am = commit -amend
When I ran git am on the command line, it acted strangely. It turns out git
am is a built-in command and my alias did not run.
Before defining any kind of alias, ensure it isn't already taken with a built-in command.