how to create ZSH alias/function for git commit, with prompt for user input to use as commit message?

Question

I've currently got a zsh alias which runs a function which you can see here:

function gac () {
  git add .; git commit -m "commit"
}
alias gac="gac"

this works fine and is somewhat useful however having a commit message of "commit" isn't useable for anything more than small personal projects.

how would i create a prompt in this function that asks for user input and then uses that user input as the commit message?

thanks!

Answer 1

You can simply change the function to use an argument:

gac () {
    git add .
    git commit -m "$1"
}

Then use it as

gac "This is my message"

Or, you can just omit -m altogether and let your user enter a proper commit message in their text editor as usual.

gac () {
    git add .
    git commit
}