Syntax for Git aliases with multiple commands [duplicate]

by 
$ git config alias.q '!echo a; echo b'

$ git q

Output:

a
b

I think this is (rudimentarily) documented in man git-config under alias.*

Note that git commands should include git, unlike in normal aliases. It is caused by fact that it is treated as a shell command, not as a git command (see manpage quoted in the question). For example to chain

git init

and

git commit --allow-empty -m "empty initial commit"

it is necessary to create 

"!git init; git commit --allow-empty -m \"empty initial commit\""

alias.

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