In zsh, when I enter which git it shows:
git: aliased to noglob git How do I find out which git binary it actually invokes? (eg: /usr/bin/git vs ~/bin/git). Basically I want to bypass the aliases when I use which.
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For zsh, which is shorthand for whence -c, and supports other whence options. In particular:
-p Do a path search for name even if it is an alias, reserved word, shell function or builtin. So:
$ which git git: aliased to noglob git $ which -p git /usr/bin/git 
Try
/usr/bin/which git it should give you some file path, probably /usr/bin/git
answered Jun 22, 2015 at 4:07
Basile Starynkevitch
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whereis?whereisbefore. Looks likewhereis -b gitlists all the git binaries in $PATH.