From 1a71e4e0748f0de1281bb280a745f4d2a9b13aa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Maier <>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:19:41 +0200
Subject: type builtin: displays alias definition now

---
 src/run/builtin.rs | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 src/run/mod.rs     |  9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/run')

diff --git a/src/run/builtin.rs b/src/run/builtin.rs
index d00c140..335d07d 100644
--- a/src/run/builtin.rs
+++ b/src/run/builtin.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use pish_derive::FromArgs;
 
 use super::{Builtin, BuiltinError as Error, BuiltinResult as Result};
 use crate::parse::CmdDisplay;
-use crate::run::AliasAge;
+use crate::run::{AliasAge, AliasBody};
 use crate::*;
 
 #[allow(unused)]
@@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ impl Builtin for _type {
     ) -> Result {
         let session = session.lock().unwrap();
         for arg in args {
-            if session.aliases.get(arg, AliasAge::MAX).is_some() {
-                // TODO: tell what it is aliased to
-                writeln!(stdout, "{} is an alias", String::from_utf8_lossy(arg))?;
+            if let Some((_, a)) = session.aliases.get(arg, AliasAge::MAX) {
+                stdout.write_all(&arg)?;
+                stdout.write_all(b" is aliased to ")?;
+                stdout.write_all(&a.unparsed)?;
+                stdout.write_all(b"\n")?;
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -496,11 +498,19 @@ impl Builtin for alias {
             return Err(Error::Exit(-1));
         }
 
-        session
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap()
-            .aliases
-            .insert(alias_name.clone(), alias_args);
+        session.lock().unwrap().aliases.insert(
+            alias_name.clone(),
+            AliasBody {
+                unparsed: args.iter().fold(BString::new(), |mut a, b| {
+                    if !a.is_empty() {
+                        a.push(b' ');
+                    }
+                    a.push_all(&b);
+                    a
+                }),
+                parsed: alias_args,
+            },
+        );
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/run/mod.rs b/src/run/mod.rs
index b3ed851..52d3925 100644
--- a/src/run/mod.rs
+++ b/src/run/mod.rs
@@ -529,12 +529,17 @@ impl parse::Expander for Executor {
             .lock()
             .unwrap()
             .aliases
-            .get(cmd, older_than.unwrap_or(AliasAge::MAX)))
+            .get(cmd, older_than.unwrap_or(AliasAge::MAX))
+            .map(|(age, body)| (age, body.parsed)))
     }
 }
 
 type AliasAge = u32;
-type AliasBody = Vec<ExpString>;
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct AliasBody {
+    pub unparsed: BString,
+    pub parsed: Vec<ExpString>,
+}
 type AliasSet = Vec<(AliasAge, AliasBody)>;
 
 pub struct Aliases {
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