在bash配置文件中定义函数时，意外标记'（'附近的语法错误

Question

gac() {
        git add .
        git commit -m "$1"
}

This function is in my bash profile, and it raises an error when I try to source the file.

$ source ~/.bashrc
bash: /home/sahandz/.bashrc: line 176: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bash: /home/sahandz/.bashrc: line 176: `gac() {'

I can't figure out why. I have another function that looks like this and doesn't raise any error:

abcToTestDir() {
        folderName=${1%_*}
        testFolderPath="$testfilespath$folderName"
        abcFilePath="$abcpath$folderName/$1"
        testFilePath="$testFolderPath/$1"

        mkdir -p $testFolderPath
        cp $abcFilePath $testFilePath
}

What is wrong with my function definition?

Answer 1

This can happen if gac is already an alias. For example on my machine:

$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
$ ls(){ true; }
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('