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 <6thstreetra...@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 > <6thstreetra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 9:24 AM, cyg Simple <cygsim...@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: da...@6thstreetradio.org >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dombrowsky-94334415 >> http://6thstreetradio.org/ > > > > -- > David Dombrowsky, Senior Software Engineer > email: da...@6thstreetradio.org > Cell: 518-374-3204 > https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dombrowsky-94334415 > http://6thstreetradio.org/ -- David Dombrowsky, Senior Software Engineer email: da...@6thstreetradio.org Cell: 518-374-3204 https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dombrowsky-94334415 http://6thstreetradio.org/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple