how to shorten git to g by using a alias

I am running git 2.7.2.windows.1 and I have edited my .bashrc file to have this line

alias g='git'

but when I type g status I get an error

bash: g: command not found

I even tried editing my global .gitconfig to have this line

[alias]
g=git

still getting the same error. Any way to shorten my git command to just g ?

Both the files above are in my c:\users\mylogin folder.

user9623

Posted 2016-05-20T02:57:26.263

Reputation: 153

it seems your Windows bash is not reading your .bashrc file. Either it is in the wrong place or contains an error. You'll find that the command alias g=git will work fine interactively. – RedGrittyBrick – 2016-05-20T10:25:03.397

@RedGrittyBrick alias g='git', the 's are required. – DavidPostill – 2016-05-20T15:41:57.430

@DavidPostill: Have you actually tried it on a Linux box (I did, using alias p=pwd; alias d=date; p; d; d '+%D' etc etc) – RedGrittyBrick – 2016-05-20T15:42:51.483

@RedGrittyBrick Fair enough. All the examples I've ever seen use 's. I wonder why if they are not necessary. – DavidPostill – 2016-05-20T15:46:15.727

figured it out. I had to source my bashrc file source ~/.bashrc That kinda rebooted my settings and got the short forms working. – user9623 – 2016-05-22T05:52:02.233

how to shorten git to g by using a alias

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