Simple alias not working

[elzibubble]

• [*] I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.47.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: d53e4648cb65eb75dd8d8a093d17400a18a9a15d
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
libcurl: 8.10.1
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.2.3 3 Sep 2024
zlib: 1.3.1

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4317]

• What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
  defaults?

# One of the following:
> type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

Editor Option: VIM
Custom Editor Path:
Default Branch Option: main
Path Option: CmdTools
SSH Option: OpenSSH
Tortoise Option: false
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Git Pull Behavior Option: Rebase
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Enabled
Enable FSMonitor: Disabled

• Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
  to the issue you're seeing?

Not that I know of.

Details

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

MINGW64 bash

• What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
  Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
  this will help us understand the issue.

$ env | grep GIT
GIT_CONFIG=/e/Dropbox/gitconfig
$ git config list --show-origin
file:E:/Dropbox/gitconfig       alias.co=checkout
$ git config alias.co
checkout
$ git co
git: 'co' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
$ git config alias.yo yooo
$ git yo
git: 'yo' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

• What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

I expected git checkout to run and then git yooo to be unrecognised.

• What actually happened instead?

The alias failed to resolve and git rejected git co as an unrecognized command.
git yo also failed to resolve to git yooo.

• If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
  URL to that repository to help us with testing?

n/a

[elzibubble]

#5184 #4465 might be relevant but they're more specialised. I'm fully willing to believe I've stuffed something up here but darned if I can see what.

[dscho]

GIT_CONFIG=/e/Dropbox/gitconfig

As per the documentation:

GIT_CONFIG

If no --file option is provided to git config, use the file given by GIT_CONFIG as if it were provided via --file. This variable has no effect on other Git commands, and is mostly for historical compatibility; there is generally no reason to use it instead of the --file option.

In other words: This behavior of Git is by design, and it is not specific to Git for Windows.

[elzibubble]

Goshdangit, thank you.