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I created an alias for git status with $ git config --global alias.st status. However, when I type git st, untracked files are not displayed. The output is a subset of what git status prints (the list of staged and modified files is the same). What could be causing this?

Bulletmagnet
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    What is the output of `git --local --list`? – mkrieger1 Nov 24 '19 at 23:22
  • Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/q/35616236 – mkrieger1 Nov 24 '19 at 23:44
  • Works for me as designed — the alias prints exactly the same as `git status`. Please show the output of `git config alias.st`, `git st`, and `git status`. – phd Nov 25 '19 at 03:26
  • @mkrieger1: `$ git --local --list` `Unknown option: --local` `usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C ] [-c name=value] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p | --paginate | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] []` – Bulletmagnet Nov 26 '19 at 23:06
  • Sorry, I meant `git config —local —list`. But you've hopefully figured that out already. – mkrieger1 Nov 26 '19 at 23:58

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A git config --show-origin --get-regexp "alias.*" will show you if there are any local alias which would override your global one.

An which git-st or where git-st will check if there is any executable git-st which would override your alias.

Check also if you don't have any wrapper for git itself.

The OP Bulletmagnet confirms in the comments:

Running git config --show-origin --get-regexp "alias.*" revealed that the repo itself had a .git/config file containing alias.st status -uno.

That would be a local configuration indeed, which would override any global/system one.

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  • Running `git config --show-origin --get-regexp "alias.*"` revealed that the repo itself had a `.git/config` file containing `alias.st status -uno`. – Bulletmagnet Nov 26 '19 at 23:05
  • @Bulletmagnet Well spotted. I have included your comment in the answer for more visibility. – VonC Nov 27 '19 at 07:28