gau binary conflict (ohmyzsh git.plugin alias)

[v7nc3nz]

As gau binary conflict with the gau git inbuild alias
gau stands for git add --update (Also: "git add -u")

[v7nc3nz]

when you fire
go get -u github.com/lc/gau
this will clone the directory in our $GOPATH/src/github.com/lc/gau......
and this will install binary in the $GOPATH/bin with the name of gau

This issue will cause name conflict between your binary "gau" and git alias "gau"(git add --update)

so this problem will only resolve by changing your repo to a different name , or we should change the $GOPATH/bin/gau to some another binary name.

[lc]

Hm, I don't plan on renaming this – where do you see that it's a git alias? As far as I've seen so far it seems to be a user-defined alias, right?

I do see it's defined in the ohmyzsh git plugin:

https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/blob/master/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh

[v7nc3nz]

Actually now a days most of the users use zsh. so i recommended the above solution.
https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Cheatsheet

[lc]

@vks2694, I use ohmyzsh as well (didn't have that plugin installed though), so I see how this is problematic

[lc]

@vks2694,

This is the first time someone's encountered this problem / opened an issue so far – I don't plan on renaming this right now.

Here's a workaround the issue:

You can download the pre-built binaries from the releases page and then move them into your $PATH with a different name

Ex:

▻ tar xvf gau-linux-amd64.tar
▻ mv gau-linux-amd64 /usr/bin/getallurls

[v7nc3nz]

yeah , Thanks

[lc]

Thanks for flagging this @vks2694, I'm going to pin this and add a note in the README. Should more people encounter this issue I may consider renaming.

[omerxx]

@lc Another obvious as option (as a ohmzsh user and gau) is to unalias gau for git because it's rarely used;
Edit with your favorite editor (that should be Vim :) ) and comment out the alias:

vim ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh
# alias gau='git add --update'

[lc]

@omerxx, yep! Thanks for pointing that out 👍 Once you're in the vim club you can't quit 😉

[raz455]

@lc Another obvious as option (as a ohmzsh user and gau) is to unalias gau for git because it's rarely used;
Edit with your favorite editor (that should be Vim :) ) and comment out the alias:

vim ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh
# alias gau='git add --update'

A second possible solution is that make an alias for "gau" binary in .zshrc as your wish and use it.