Print welcome message in git bash in Windows 7

Question

How do I print a welcome message containing my git aliases when I open a git bash in Windows?

which command would you run manually to get the output you want to see? — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Oct 29 '12 at 11:47
I don't know, I may have to do this manually, like `echo "Available aliases: au : add -u, ct = commit...` — chwi, Oct 29 '12 at 12:02
Some command that prints a welcome message when I open git bash from Windows — chwi, Oct 29 '12 at 12:58
You would still need my answer to input an (updated) list of aliases in /etc/motd though ;) — VonC, Jul 04 '17 at 09:24

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

Simply define a HOME environment variable, (not defined in the git-bash.bat script included in msysgit).

In the directory you have chosen (for instance: %USERPROFILE%), define a .bashrc file, with the following content:

git config --get-regexp alias

(from "How to list/show Git aliases?")

That will display all your git aliases each time you open a bash session with msysgit.

alias.st status
alias.lg log --all --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)%an%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relati    ve
alias.co checkout
alias.ci commit
alias.br branch
alias.lo !sh -c 'git log $1' -
alias.impact !git ls-files -z | xargs -0n1 git blame -w -C | sed -r 's/^[^(]+\((.*) [0-9]{4}-.*/\1/' | sed -r 's/ +$//' | sort -f | uniq -c | sort -nr

However, the OP Wilhelmsen asks in the comments:

Do you know how I can omit the word alias on the print?

Sure, this is a basic bash String manipulation operation:

a=$(git config --get-regexp alias)
echo "${a//alias./}"

That will display:

st status
lg log --all --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)%an%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
co checkout
ci commit
br branch
lo !sh -c 'git log $1' -
impact !git ls-files -z | xargs -0n1 git blame -w -C | sed -r 's/^[^(]+\((.*) [0-9]{4}-.*/\1/' | sed -r 's/ +$//' | sort -f | uniq -c | sort -nr

Note the ${a//alias./} in order to replace all 'alias.' from the String 'a' by an empty String.
And the double quotes for the echo "$..." are mandatory to keep the newlines in place. (otherwise, all the aliases would be displayed on one line).

@Wilhelmsen http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519 or http://www.itechtalk.com/thread3595.html (ok, I didn't see your last edit to your comment) — VonC, Oct 29 '12 at 13:05
@Wilhelmsen I have edited the answer to address your last comment/question, removing the '`alias.`' from the output. — VonC, Oct 29 '12 at 13:29

LantzR · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-09T19:16:29.860

The contents of /etc/motd are displayed on the terminal after an interactive login to the Bash shell (bash --login). If the version of Git for Windows you have omitted the file /etc/motd, create one with cat or your favorite editor.

# == Git Bash on Windows ==
#  - /etc/motd  = Message of the Day 
# - - - - - - - - - - - - -    
cat > /etc/motd
Welcome to the Git Bash Shell
- Try "pwd -W" versus "pwd -L"
- - - - - - - - -

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Print welcome message in git bash in Windows 7

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