bash script not working with multiple arguments

Question

I'm trying to make an alias to git commit

function gcam() {
  git commit -a -m $@ ;
  git status
}

when I invoke the command with gcam 'something' it works correctly, but if the message has a space in the middle, like gcam 'new commit' appears the message Paths with -a does not make sense

I was looking this solution, but it doesn't work for me, because i'm using $@ and not $1.Why using $@? Is just if i need to pass an additional argument to git commit.

Any idea to make it works this?

Thanks in advance

Gordon Davisson · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-06 17:00:41Z

3

@Mat is half right: you should double-quote the $@, then quote the message as well. "$@" expands to the list of arguments, each as a separate word (i.e. it's as though each argument was individually quoted):

function gcam() {
  git commit -a -m "$@"
  git status
}

gcam "commit message" -v

This does the equivalent of:

git commit -a -m "commit message" -v
git status

answered Nov 6, 2011 at 17:00

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