Create alias Git Bash Windows 10

Question

How to create alias for Git Bash on Windows 10? I need to create an alias of the long path to my project folder so I don't have to type it again and again whenever I open bash. I've searched for answers and tried several "correct answers" but none has worked for me so far.

They include: create a .bashrc or some people suggest .bashrc. (after creating this file, I cannot do anything with it. windows says

Could not find this item This is no longer located in C:\. Verify the item's location and try again.

) echo alias='<path>' > .bashrc (iI've also tried >>)

I can edit the file .bashrc and put aliases in there but none of them works. I've tried editing the .gitconfig file in my home folder [alias] =''

Same result whenever I type: cd <alias name>:

No such file or directory

All I need to do is to type: cd and it will lead me to ~///...

Answer 1

Try this:

1. Open the bash terminal
2. cd ~
3. vi .bashrc
4. press i to go edit mode and update it with you alias command.
5. press Esc and press :wq(save and exit)
6. now close and reopen the bash terminal
7. check the alias command.

if this didn't work create the .bash_profile in the same way and add the line

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi

Answer 2

you can also open and edit the file aliases.sh that you find in the installation path of git

C:\path where you installed Git\etc\profile.d\aliases.sh

Open it with atom or notepad++ and add a line like

alias MyProjectName='C:/<installation_path_of_your project>/'

and save.

close and reopen git bash

now if you write

MyProjectName

on Bash, it should automatically bring you tothe desired path.

If it doesn't work try with

cd MyProjectName