[Question] Usage «=» symbol in «alias» command

[Саша Черных]

1. Summary

I can not use = symbol in alias command.

2. Expected behavior

SashaChernykh@DESKTOP-0G54NVG:~/Desktop/Chocolatey tools$ alias ls='ls --color=auto'
SashaChernykh@DESKTOP-0G54NVG:~/Desktop/Chocolatey tools$ alias -p
alias ls='ls --color=auto'

3. Actual behavior

SashaChernykh@DESKTOP-0G54NVG:~/Desktop/Chocolatey tools$ alias ls='ls --color=auto'
SashaChernykh@DESKTOP-0G54NVG:~/Desktop/Chocolatey tools$ alias -p
alias ls='ls --color'

Is it a bug?

4. Steps to reproduce

I install cash in my computer:

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npm install cash -g -f
npm WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing.
C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\$ -> C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cash\bin\cash.js
C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\cash -> C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cash\bin\cash.js
C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm
`-- cash@0.8.0
  +-- array-shuffle@1.0.1
  +-- chalk@1.1.3
  | +-- ansi-styles@2.2.1
  | +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
  | +-- has-ansi@2.0.0
  | | `-- ansi-regex@2.0.0
  | +-- strip-ansi@3.0.1
  | `-- supports-color@2.0.0
  +-- filesize@3.3.0
  +-- fkill@3.1.0
  | +-- arrify@1.0.1
  | +-- pify@2.3.0
  | +-- pinkie-promise@2.0.1
  | | `-- pinkie@2.0.4
  | `-- taskkill@1.0.0
  +-- fs-extra@0.23.1
  | +-- graceful-fs@4.1.11
  | +-- jsonfile@2.4.0
  | +-- path-is-absolute@1.0.1
  | `-- rimraf@2.5.4
  |   `-- glob@7.1.1
  |     `-- fs.realpath@1.0.0
  +-- glob@6.0.4
  | +-- inflight@1.0.6
  | | `-- wrappy@1.0.2
  | +-- inherits@2.0.3
  | +-- minimatch@3.0.3
  | | `-- brace-expansion@1.1.6
  | |   +-- balanced-match@0.4.2
  | |   `-- concat-map@0.0.1
  | `-- once@1.4.0
  +-- lodash@4.17.4
  +-- minimist@1.2.0
  +-- user-home@2.0.0
  | `-- os-homedir@1.0.2
  +-- username@1.0.1
  | `-- meow@3.7.0
  |   +-- camelcase-keys@2.1.0
  |   | `-- camelcase@2.1.1
  |   +-- decamelize@1.2.0
  |   +-- loud-rejection@1.6.0
  |   | +-- currently-unhandled@0.4.1
  |   | | `-- array-find-index@1.0.2
  |   | `-- signal-exit@3.0.2
  |   +-- map-obj@1.0.1
  |   +-- normalize-package-data@2.3.5
  |   | +-- hosted-git-info@2.1.5
  |   | +-- is-builtin-module@1.0.0
  |   | | `-- builtin-modules@1.1.1
  |   | +-- semver@5.3.0
  |   | `-- validate-npm-package-license@3.0.1
  |   |   +-- spdx-correct@1.0.2
  |   |   | `-- spdx-license-ids@1.2.2
  |   |   `-- spdx-expression-parse@1.0.4
  |   +-- object-assign@4.1.0
  |   +-- read-pkg-up@1.0.1
  |   | +-- find-up@1.1.2
  |   | | `-- path-exists@2.1.0
  |   | `-- read-pkg@1.1.0
  |   |   +-- load-json-file@1.1.0
  |   |   | +-- parse-json@2.2.0
  |   |   | | `-- error-ex@1.3.0
  |   |   | |   `-- is-arrayish@0.2.1
  |   |   | `-- strip-bom@2.0.0
  |   |   |   `-- is-utf8@0.2.1
  |   |   `-- path-type@1.1.0
  |   +-- redent@1.0.0
  |   | +-- indent-string@2.1.0
  |   | | `-- repeating@2.0.1
  |   | |   `-- is-finite@1.0.2
  |   | `-- strip-indent@1.0.1
  |   |   `-- get-stdin@4.0.1
  |   `-- trim-newlines@1.0.0
  +-- vorpal@1.11.4
  | +-- babel-polyfill@6.20.0
  | | +-- babel-runtime@6.20.0
  | | +-- core-js@2.4.1
  | | `-- regenerator-runtime@0.10.1
  | +-- in-publish@2.0.0
  | +-- inquirer@0.11.0
  | | +-- ansi-escapes@1.4.0
  | | +-- cli-cursor@1.0.2
  | | | `-- restore-cursor@1.0.1
  | | |   +-- exit-hook@1.1.1
  | | |   `-- onetime@1.1.0
  | | +-- cli-width@1.1.1
  | | +-- figures@1.7.0
  | | +-- lodash@3.10.1
  | | +-- readline2@1.0.1
  | | | +-- code-point-at@1.1.0
  | | | +-- is-fullwidth-code-point@1.0.0
  | | | | `-- number-is-nan@1.0.1
  | | | `-- mute-stream@0.0.5
  | | +-- run-async@0.1.0
  | | +-- rx-lite@3.1.2
  | | `-- through@2.3.8
  | +-- log-update@1.0.2
  | +-- node-localstorage@0.6.0
  | `-- wrap-ansi@2.1.0
  |   `-- string-width@1.0.2
  +-- vorpal-autocomplete-fs@0.0.3
  +-- vorpal-grep@0.1.2
  | `-- glob@5.0.15
  `-- vorpal-less@0.0.13
    `-- slice-ansi@0.0.3

I input command alias ls='ls --color=auto' like in this article. I get actual behavior, not expected.

5. Question

May we use = symbol in cash alias command? For example, for native Windows doskey command I need to use $* symbols.

doskey gl=git log --pretty=format:"%C(yellow)%h%Cblue%d %Creset%s%Cgreen [%cn, %ar]" $*

6. Environment

Operating system and version:
Windows 32-bit 10.0.14393
Node.js:
v7.3.0
npm:
3.10.9

Thanks.

[Nate Fischer]

Is it a bug?

Looks like a bug to me.

This repo has been pretty inactive for a while, so I wouldn't expect this get fixed for a bit (probably won't be fixed until vorpal depends on bash-parser).

For what it's worth, cash's ls has --color=auto by default, so this specific example isn't such a huge problem. But I can see how this could be a bigger issue for other commands.