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Consistent aliases: gh co and gh pr co #11597
Description
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In the default setting one needs to omit pr, which is confusing (because it is not consistent why one needs to write checkout in one place and co in another place although both terms have the same effect)
$ gh pr co 13280
unknown command "co" for "gh pr"
$ gh co 13280
remote: Enumerating objects: 178, done.Proposed solution
gh pr co 13280
working
This fullfils IMHO conformity with user expectations.
Additional context
This is a follow-up of #1303
Reacted by Mathieu Dupuy
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babakks commentedon Aug 27, 2025
Hi @koppor, And thanks for the issue! 🙏
Since the
gh cois already a default alias (and is the only one), I don't see any harm in havingpr co.Warning
A bit unrelated, but users should beware of using
gh coas explained in #4789 (comment), mostly because it's not a really hard-coded alias and it can get deleted or reassigned by the user.WDYT, @BagToad?
[-]Consisnt aliases: `gh co` and `gh pr co`[/-][+]Consistent aliases: `gh co` and `gh pr co`[/+]BagToad commentedon Sep 2, 2025
@babakks I think I'd prefer we add a real Cobra alias to the
pr checkoutsubcommand sogh pr cois natively supported instead of it being a defaultghalias.It would be scoped to the
prcommand set, so there's no risk of collision with extensions and whatnot. I don't think it makes sense to make it a defaultghalias over a real Cobra alias, personally.babakks commentedon Sep 24, 2025
@BagToad Oh, yes, Definitely.