I have a problem adding an alias to my git config for this set of commands.
git ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm
I tried this:
git config --global alias.rmd "ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm"
When I run git rmd this would prompt me with a missing parameter for ls-files.
Is the alias syntax incorrect or perhaps there is a typo somewhere ... ?
The pipe is messing up the alias. You can do what you want by adding !git to the beginning of your alias.
Try:
git config --global alias.rmd '!git ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm'
Note that I replaced your " quotes with ' to stop the ! from being expanded.
In your git config, you should now have the following:
[alias]
rmd = !git ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm
Technically, ! means "run in the shell as-is", so you that's why you need to add git at the beginning of your command line. The cool thing about ! is you can start an alias with something other than git if you like.
