From 26c6e119e259ee6eac990233f8b0710cb67ea6b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Kipp <anki-code@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:10:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Shortcut for shell-type (#5367)

* Shortcut for shell-type

* Shortcut for shell-type

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Co-authored-by: a <1@1.1>
---
 news/shell_type.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 xonsh/main.py       |  1 +
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/shell_type.rst

diff --git a/news/shell_type.rst b/news/shell_type.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..682be35e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/shell_type.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Added shortcut ``-st`` for ``--shell-type``.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/xonsh/main.py b/xonsh/main.py
index efd8f6a68..987e57749 100644
--- a/xonsh/main.py
+++ b/xonsh/main.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ def parser():
         default=None,
     )
     p.add_argument(
+        "-st",
         "--shell-type",
         help="What kind of shell should be used. "
         "Possible options: "