one thing i wish git would do would be to allow me to specify default options for certain aliases. for example, I quite like the `--short --branch` format of git status. but I can't do this:

  [alias]
     status = "status -sb"

because git just ignores those. i am then forced to setup non-standard commands just to bend git to my will.

in some cases, there are distinct `git-config` options I can set to get the right behavior, but that's way less flexible since stuff like `--force-with-lease` don't have their own config options.

the rationale behind this is, according to the git-config manpage, that "To avoid confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that hide existing git commands are ignored". but then there's --porcelain for that, so i don't understand that limitation.

sigh.