Adding git alias to .bash_profile not working

Question

I edited my $Home .bash_profile to include some git alias commands. I am rather new to this and I can't figure out what went wrong.

.bash_profile

alias gs='git status '
alias ga='git add '
alias gb='git branch '
alias gc='git commit'
alias gd='git diff'
alias go='git checkout '
alias gk='gitk --all&'
alias gx='gitx --all'

alias got='git '
alias get='git '

PS1="\u$ "
alias ll="ls -lahG"
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && \
. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && \
. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && \
. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && \
. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && \
. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && \
. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM function

I can't seem to understand what I did wrong. Any ideas?

[EDIT] Just wanted to mention that the part that I added is from PS1 up. For example alias ll = "ls -lahG" works well. The ones above do not.

[EDIT2] I tried to user gs(){ git status "$*"; } instead but that didn't seem to do the trick.

[EDIT3] The problem was that I had to source ~/.profile. What I ended up doing is putting it in the ~/.bashrc file and source that file at Sputnick's recommendation.

do you restart the terminal or execute . ~/.bash_profile. I see no error at the first look. — Burntime
– Burntime, Commented Oct 1, 2012 at 16:04
What went wrong is that you used an alias. Use functions instead. eg: gs(){ git status "$*"; } — William Pursell
– William Pursell, Commented Oct 1, 2012 at 16:04
if you type alias into the prompt what the prompt returns? — Burntime
– Burntime, Commented Oct 1, 2012 at 16:07
@Burntime alias rvm-restart='rvm_reload_flag=1 source '\''/Users/MLP/.rvm/scripts/rvm'\''' Not sure what that means — Marius Pop
– Marius Pop, Commented Oct 1, 2012 at 16:12
@WilliamPursell I tried that but it didn't seem to do the trick. One of the allias that I have works fine though so I don't see why using alias would be a problem... — Marius Pop
– Marius Pop, Commented Oct 1, 2012 at 16:13

Gilles Quénot · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-01 16:19:44Z

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You should use ~/.bashrc and not ~/.bash_profile for aliases.

~/.bashrc is for interactive use, see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/DotFiles & http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/bashbehaviour

And most important thing, you should source the modified file with :

. ~/.bashrc

or

source ~/.bashrc

edited Oct 1, 2012 at 16:19

answered Oct 1, 2012 at 16:06

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