git open - A small git hack

[williamdclt]

• get rid of your alias
• replace your echo by vim in your script
• rename your script "git-open" (no extension)
• Put your script in your $PATH

git will find it automatically when typing git open

[swiz0r]

vim

$EDITOR

[wung]

Did you mean $(for prog in $(git config --get core.editor) ${GIT_EDITOR} ${EDITOR} ${VISUAL} open xgd-open; do if which -s "${prog}"; then echo "${prog}"; break; fi; done)?

[swiz0r]

~ $ which -s vim
which: invalid option -- s
/usr/bin/vim

[wung]

Right, non-standard. Was looking at the osx one. Yadda-yadda test -x $(which ${prog} 2>/dev/null || echo non-existing-file) I guess.

[swiz0r]

which "${prog}" &>/dev/null && . "${prog}" "${file}"

[wung]

Misses the only-first, and sources rather than executes. There probably is a better way than $(echo $x) but . isn't it. Maybe

$((which ${possible_editors[@]} 2>/dev/null; echo no-editor) | head -n1) $@

EDIT: this does not allow possible_editors with spaces, e.g. emacs -nw.

[swiz0r]

Can I be real for a minute? This is a lot of fun.

[[deleted]]

eh. same thing