From efb8da72e73d0bf142d213042ae0bece572106fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Childs <lukechilds123@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 18:29:05 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow shorthand aliases with `now --alias` (#206)

---
 bin/now-deploy.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/now-deploy.js b/bin/now-deploy.js
index 7a57a16..4bcf8af 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy.js
+++ b/bin/now-deploy.js
@@ -569,8 +569,14 @@ const assignAlias = async (autoAlias, token, deployment) => {
     }
   }
 
-  // Throw an error if it doesn't
+  // If alias doesn't exist
   if (!related) {
+    // Check if the uid was actually an alias
+    if (type === 'uid') {
+      return assignAlias(`${autoAlias}.now.sh`, token, deployment)
+    }
+
+    // If not, throw an error
     const withID = type === 'uid' ? 'with ID ' : ''
     error(`Alias ${withID}"${autoAlias}" doesn't exist`)
     return