1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..995f3e6a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+
+static const char *alias_key;
+static char *alias_val;
+
+static int alias_lookup_cb(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
+{
+	if (!prefixcmp(k, "alias.") && !strcmp(k+6, alias_key)) {
+		if (!v)
+			return config_error_nonbool(k);
+		alias_val = xstrdup(v);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+char *alias_lookup(const char *alias)
+{
+	alias_key = alias;
+	alias_val = NULL;
+	git_config(alias_lookup_cb, NULL);
+	return alias_val;
+}