My Git Aliases

A git alias gives you the ability to run a long or hard-to-remember git command using a simple name. They are configured in your .gitconfig file.

One of my favourite aliases is git ls which lists all your commits in a nice format. In addition, git ll shows you what files were committed in each commit.

My git aliases are shown below. (For the latest version of my .gitconfig, visit my GitHub dotfiles repository):

[alias]
    st = status
    co = checkout
    br = branch
    df = diff
    ci = commit
    ca = commit -a --amend -C HEAD
    desc = describe
    rb = rebase -i master --autosquash
    cp = cherry-pick

    who = shortlog -s --
    ls = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)[%an]%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
    ll = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)[%an]%Creset' --decorate --numstat
    ld = log --pretty=format:'%C(red)%h %Cgreen%ad%C(yellow)%d %Creset%s%C(bold blue) [%cn]%Creset' --decorate --date=short

    # list aliases
    la = "!git config -l | grep alias | cut -c 7-"

If you have any useful aliases, please share them in the comments section below.

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Converting CSV to JSON in JavaScript

This post shows how you can convert a simple CSV file to JSON in JavaScript.

Consider the following sample CSV:

author,title,publishDate
Dan Simmons,Hyperion,1989
Douglas Adams,The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,1979

The desired JSON output is:

[{"author":"Dan Simmons","title":"Hyperion","publishDate":"1989"},
{"author":"Douglas Adams","title":"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy","publishDate":"1979"}]

The following JavaScript function transforms CSV into JSON. (Note that this implementation is quite naive and will not handle quoted fields containing commas!)

function toJson(csvData) {
  var lines = csvData.split("\n");
  var colNames = lines[0].split(",");
  var records=[];
  for(var i = 1; i < lines.length; i++) {
    var record = {};
    var bits = lines[i].split(",");
    for (var j = 0 ; j < bits.length ; j++) {
      record[colNames[j]] = bits[j];
    }
    records.push(record);
  }
  return records;
}

A simple test:

csv="author,title,publishDate\nDan Simmons,Hyperion,1989\nDouglas Adams,The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,1979";
json = toJson(csv);
console.log(JSON.stringify(json));

To read a CSV file in JavaScript and convert it to JSON:

var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
rawFile.open("GET", "books.csv", true);
rawFile.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (rawFile.readyState === 4) {
    if (rawFile.status === 200 || rawFile.status == 0) {
      var allText = rawFile.responseText;
      var result = toJson(allText);
      console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
    }
  }
}
rawFile.send(null);

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