Quick Tip: Stop ZSH Shell Auto-Correct from Driving You Crazy
by Kronda Adair, Developer & Client Experience Advocate
I switched my Unix shell to zsh a few months ago and overall I love it. But sometimes the autocorrect can be a little *too* helpful. After the latest upgrade I started getting this every time I typed 'git status': zsh: correct 'status' to 'stats' [nyae]? Um no. No thanks I said. Not today. WILL YOU QUIT ASKING ME THAT!?!? So I finally Bing'd* it and got the suggestion to turn off auto correct. That seemed a little drastic. Here's a less blunt solution: Open .oh-my-zsh/lib/correction.zsh and add this line to it: alias git status='nocorrect git status' You may now commune with git in peace. Read More…