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On 3/27/2017 8:17 AM, David Dombrowsky wrote:
> I'm not sure how to debug this one.  I have a ~/.gitconfig that sets up
> an alias for "git status" using the simple rule:
>
> [alias]
>     st = status
>
> Yet, something is failing when I run it from the command line:
>
> $ git st
> [nothing happens]
> $ git status
> On branch 3.3-dev-davidd
> Your branch is ahead of 'origin/3.3-dev-davidd' by 2 commits.
> [... etc ...]
>
> Any ideas?

st is also a prefix of "stash".  Maybe it does not like aliases
that are prefixes of other commands?

Regards - EM

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