Git config alias escaping

Question

I'm trying to write a git alias that removes from the commit messages the string "[ci skip]" (placed at the end of the message), but I'm having problem with escaping. The alias takes all the commit from the one passed as argument to `HEAD`. If I run the following command: ``` git filter-branch -f --msg-filter "sed -e "s/$$ci skip$$$//g"" master..HEAD ``` it works as expected. Anyway if I create the following alias: ``` unwip = !sh -c 'git filter-branch -f --msg-filter "sed -e \"s/$$ci skip$$$//g\"" $0..HEAD' ``` and I run `git unwip master` it complains about bad config, but I expect it to behave as the previous commads. How can I fix this?

Accepted Answer

EDIT This solution doesn't work in all cases. Here is a correct solution which works in all cases.

I'm using `bash` as a command-line and the following alias worked for me:

```
unwip = "!f() { git filter-branch --msg-filter 'sed -e "s/[ci skip/]$/g"' $1..HEAD ; }; f"
```

The only downside is that you're specifying the interpreter and always using `sh`. In my case I'm relying on user's shell. Though I don't believe it will be a problem in any of major shells as we're doing just basic stuff.

Git config alias escaping

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