Custom aliases not overwriting defaults when opening new instance of shell (Git Bash)

[magnusfar]

Running ll uses the default.

$ alias ll
alias ll='ls -lAFh'

I then run the following, which makes it work properly.

$ source ~/.oh-my-bash/custom/aliases/example.aliases.sh
$ alias ll
alias ll='ls -lAhtrF --group-directories-first'

My .bashrc does source "$OSH"/oh-my-bash.sh, which again should load and overwrite custom settings over default oh-my-bash settings. However, when I start a new instance of Windows' Terminal (or simply a new tab within) running Git Bash it does not automatically source and overwrite my custom alias. Why does it not work?

[akinomyoga]

My .bashrc does source "$OSH"/oh-my-bash.sh, which again should load and overwrite

Did you add example in the array aliases in your .bashrc? You need to add example in the arrray aliases in your .bashrc to enable example.aliases.sh.

[dulhaver]

@akinomyoga: "Did you add example in the array aliases in your .bashrc? You need to add example in the arrray aliases in your .bashrc to enable example.aliases.sh."

this is indeed to way to do it. It is however very much not intuitive on how to practically do that.

I guess most people will not use the example.aliases.sh but put their own files in there.

If that is what you are doing you have to exactly use the exact naming schema of examples.aliases.sh for such files.

• Just my_aliases.sh does not do the trick.
• you need a full my_aliases.aliases.sh schema as filenames and then ...
• reference to it with the part before ....aliases.sh of the mandatory ending ind the aliases array of your .bashrc in order for this to work.

[dulhaver]

https://github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash/pull/499 should enhance the situation