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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Dotfiles in Git

I've added all my dotfiles (including my entire bash profile and vimrc) to my GitHub dotfiles repository. Whenever I make any changes, I will commit them to the repository.

In order to download the latest version, go to my Downloads page. Alternatively, if you have git installed, use the following command, to clone my repository:

git clone git://github.com/sharfah/dotfiles.git

This will download them to a directory called dotfiles. You can then copy the files recursively (cp -r) to your home directory (don't forget to backup your original files first!). Alternatively, use symlinks.