bashshellalias

Alias works but can't run the command manually

alias git-repo="xdg-open '$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e 's/:/\//g' -e 's/ssh\/\/\///g' -e 's/git@/https:\/\//g')'"

This alias works, but when I try to run it by hand it doesn't:

xdg-open '$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e 's/:/\//g' -e 's/ssh\/\/\///g' -e 's/git@/https:\/\//g')'

What am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • You shouldn't use variables in single quotes. Try this instead:

    xdg-open $(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e "s/:/\//g" -e "s/ssh\/\/\///g" -e "s/git@/https:\/\//g")

    '$(...)' part changed to $(...), you can also use double quotes but in this case it requires you to escape later double quotes