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Re: git alias for "status" not working


FYI: after the latest cygwin update to git v 2.12.3, this is no longer
a problem.

Setting an alias like "st = status -uno" works as expected.  Many
thanks to the maintainer.

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 8:54 AM, David Dombrowsky
<6thstreetradio@gmail.com> wrote:
> FYI: after the latest cygwin update to git v 2.12.3, this is no longer
> a problem.
>
> Setting an alias like "st = status -uno" works as expected.  Many
> thanks to the maintainer.
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:59 PM, David Dombrowsky
> <6thstreetradio@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 9:24 AM, cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> st is also a prefix of "stash".  Maybe it does not like aliases
>>>> that are prefixes of other commands?
>>
>> Without the entry in the config file, `git st` results in the expected
>>
>> git: 'st' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
>>
>> It's possible there's a string parse error, but using an alias of
>> "stx" doesn't work either.  Nor does 'xyzzy'.
>>
>>> Also check the line endings of the config file.  Make sure they are UNIX
>>> line endings instead of Windows.
>>
>> Yes, they are unix line endings.  I normally use a symlink for
>> ~/.gitconfig, and I also tried with with and without the symlink.
>> Same result.
>>
>> --
>> David Dombrowsky, Senior Software Engineer
>> email: davek@6thstreetradio.org
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dombrowsky-94334415
>> http://6thstreetradio.org/
>
>
>
> --
> David Dombrowsky, Senior Software Engineer
> email: davek@6thstreetradio.org
> Cell: 518-374-3204
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dombrowsky-94334415
> http://6thstreetradio.org/



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