Git alias with positional parameters

Question

Basically I\'m trying to alias:

git files 9fa3

...to execute the command:

git diff --name-status 9fa3^ 9fa3

Answer 1

The most obvious way is to use a shell function:

[alias]
    files = "!f() { git diff --name-status \"$1^\" \"$1\"; }; f"

An alias without ! is treated as a Git command; e.g. commit-all = commit -a.

With the !, it's run as its own command in the shell, letting you use stronger magic like this.

UPD
Because commands are executed at the root of repository you may use ${GIT_PREFIX} variable when referring to the file names in commands