From ce625925405fd1d30461d8a83279ac0768a15af9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Willison <swillison@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 21:33:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Demonstrate aliases directly in the README

---
 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 135b175..ec1925a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ datasette install dclient
 ```bash
 dclient query https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures "select * from facetable limit 1"
 ```
-
+To shorten that, create an alias:
+```bash
+dclient alias add fixtures https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures
+```
+Then run it like this instead:
+```bash
+dclient query fixtures "select * from facetable limit 1"
+```
 ## Documentation
 
 Visit **[dclient.datasette.io](https://dclient.datasette.io)** for full documentation on using this tool.