From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 01:33:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: shell/aliases: Add aliases mv (mv -i) and cp (cp -i -a).
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shell/aliases: Add aliases mv (mv -i) and cp (cp -i -a).
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diff --git a/shell/aliases.in b/shell/aliases.in
index 27ce92c..023ed60 100644
--- a/shell/aliases.in
+++ b/shell/aliases.in
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ alias s=mpc  # s for sound, m is already used
 alias v=vim
 
 
+# Ask for confirmation before overwriting files. Especially useful when moving
+# to a different directory. No alias for `rm` because I specify the files to
+# remove directly, so I know what will happen.
+alias mv='mv -i'
+# Additionally preserve all file attributes when copying, this includes
+# copying symbolic links as is without dereferencing them.
+alias cp='cp -i -a'
+
+
 # Make sure there is no alias named ls as it causes problems with the
 # following ls function on (at least) bash 4.0.35.
 unalias ls 2> /dev/null