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# Extend Git With Custom Commands
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I recently learned about the [`git
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absorb`](https://github.com/tummychow/git-absorb) command. It is interesting in
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its own right, but I bring it up because it isn't a command that is built in to
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git. When I was looking at the installation instructions for it, it didn't say
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anything about how to _register_ the command with `git`.
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How is git supposed to know about it? How do you extend git with custom
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commands?
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What I learned exploring those questions is that `git` will execute any command
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on your _path_ with a `git-<command>` naming convention.
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So, if I create a executable binary called `git-taco`, add it to my path, and
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then run `git taco` (notice, no dash when I run it), `git` will run my custom
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binary.
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In the same way, if you download `git-absorb` and add it to your path, `git`
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will run it for you when you enter `git absorb ...`.
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You can even type something like `where git-` and then hit tab to prompt your
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shell to display a list of a varity of other `git` commands, most of which
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probably ship with `git`.
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[source](https://twitter.com/jbrancha/status/1756361704160530555)
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