Extending Git functionality

Question

I was wondering if there was an easy way to extend Git commands.

So I could create commands like:

git my-custom-made-extension --my-options 

        

Answer 1

As you can see in the source code in execv_dashed_external, If you make the command git-my-custom-made-extension, then git will alias:

• git my-custom-made-extension ... → git-my-custom-made-extension ...
• git help my-custom-made-extension → man git-my-custom-made-extension

There's nothing special about "extending git". Just build a program as you would normally, and make sure the name starts with git-.