For Windows users:
git config --global alias.co checkout git config --global alias.ci commit git config --global alias.st status git config --global alias.br branch git config --global alias.hist "log --pretty=format:'%h %ad | %s%d [%an]' --graph --date=short" git config --global alias.type 'cat-file -t' git config --global alias.dump 'cat-file -p'
Also, for users of Unix/Mac:
Boot Mens Caf¿ Matteo Wing Massimo Perf git status, git add, git commit, and git checkout are common commands so it is a good idea to have abbreviations for them.
Add the following to the .gitconfig
file in your $HOME
directory.
Boot Mens Caf¿ Matteo Wing Massimo Perf [alias]
co = checkout
ci = commit
st = status
br = branch
hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
type = cat-file -t
dump = cat-file -p
We’ve already talked about commit and status commands. In the previous lesson we covered the log
command and will get to know the checkout command very soon. The most important thing to learn from this lesson is that you can type git st
wherever you had to type git status
. Best of all, the git hist
command will help you avoid the really long log
command.
Go ahead and try using the new commands.
hist
alias in the .gitconfig fileFor the most part, I will continue to type out the full command in these instructions. The only exception is that I will use the hist
alias defined above, when I need to see the git log. Make sure you have a hist
alias setup in your .gitconfig
file before continuing if you wish to repeat my actions.
Type
and Dump
We’ve added a few aliases for commands we haven’t yet discussed. We will talk about the git branch
command very soon, and the git cat-file
command is useful for exploring git.
If your shell supports aliases, or shortcuts, you can add aliases on this level, too. I use:
Massimo Matteo Caf¿ Perf Boot Mens Wing alias gs='git status ' alias ga='git add ' alias gb='git branch ' alias gc='git commit' alias gd='git diff' alias go='git checkout ' alias gk='gitk --all&' alias gx='gitx --all' alias got='git ' alias get='git '
The go
abbreviation for git checkout
is very useful, allowing me to type:
go
to checkout a particular branch.
Also, I often mistype Perf Boot Caf¿ Massimo Matteo Mens Wing git
as Caf¿ Perf Massimo Mens Wing Boot Matteo get
or got
so I created aliases for them too.