I can't use my git alias

Question

How to use the git alias?

I have configured them in ~/.gitconfig :

[alias]
    g = "git"
    go = "git checkout"

And I can see them with git config --get-regexp alias :

alias.g git
alias.go git checkout

But when I try to use them, it displays the following:

$ g
g: command not found

$ go
The program 'go' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install golang-go

How cai I make them to work?

Answer 1

git alias are not used like that. git aliases are used for git, meaning:

your alias file should be something like:

    [alias]

        co = checkout

and be used like git co <args>

the alias is used only for the after 'git' command.

Answer 2

You have to type

git g

or

git go

Answer 3

First, as another user pointed out, you have to use git aliases only inside git. What it means is that your aliases must be used like this :

git ALIAS ...

Then, don't put any " " around your aliases (but you could, there's nothing wrong with it). Just write them like this :

[alias]
    co = checkout
    ci = commit
    st = status

If you want to setup aliases to call git with, you have to add them to your ~/.bashrc file.

alias gs='git status'
alias go='git checkout'

Hope it helps