allow overriding scripts based aliases

diff --git a/scripts/core/common.alias b/scripts/core/common.alias
index 41cebeaf53ebd787036959dde7811c4d757aeba9..af3378bf62124599f4b6702cbd91483f6d5c262c 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/common.alias
+++ b/scripts/core/common.alias
@@ -9,7 +9,21 @@
 # Feel free to send updates to: [ fred@gruntose.com ]
 ##############
 
-# a list of core aliases for feisty meow codebase.
+# this file provides a list of core aliases for feisty meow codebase.
+
+##############
+
+# call the generated aliases file, if it exists.
+# we do this first so that our core aliases get a chance to override the aliases
+# based on scripts.
+
+if [ -f "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh" ]; then 
+  if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo loading script aliases...; fi
+  source "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh"
+  if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo done loading script aliases.; fi
+fi
+
+##############
 
 # repurposes certain commands that feisty meow does a little differently.
 define_yeti_alias cls='clear_colormap; clear'
@@ -118,15 +132,6 @@ define_yeti_alias why='echo We all wonder what the point of the universe is at t
 
 ##############
 
-# call the generated aliases file, if it exists.
-if [ -f "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh" ]; then 
-  if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo loading script aliases...; fi
-  source "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh"
-  if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo done loading script aliases.; fi
-fi
-
-##############
-
 # remove the fredization macro if it was defined, helping to avoid running
 # the shell scripts twice for users like root that don't always load this
 # stuff.