id-as

Summary

id-as'' assigns a nickname (alias) to a plugin or snippet, decoupling the handler name Zinit uses internally from the actual URL or repository path.

Syntax / Usage

zi ice id-as"<alias>"
zi snippet https://very.long.url/path/to/file.zsh

Details

Zinit tracks plugins and snippets by their identifier. For snippets sourced from long URLs this identifier becomes unwieldy in zinit list, zinit update, and similar commands. id-as'' replaces the identifier with a short human-readable name.

The alias is used for zinit update <alias>, zinit delete <alias>, and anywhere else a plugin-spec is expected.

Works with both plugins and snippets.

Examples

# Give a long URL snippet a short handle
zi ice id-as"clipboard" lucid
zi snippet https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/lib/clipboard.zsh

# Disambiguate two forks of the same repo loaded side-by-side
zi ice id-as"my-fork/plugin"
zi load myfork/plugin

See Also

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