These are the aliases I use in my .gitconfig file.
Most Used
[alias]
# status of commit
st = status -sb
# add, commit, stage your changes
acm = !git add . && git commit -m
# add, commit, stage, and push changes to origin
acmp = "!f() { git acm \"$@\" && git p; }; f"
# commit with message
cm = commit -m
# get branch
br = branch
# delete a branch only if it has been merged
bd = branch -d
# force delete a branch
bDf = branch -D
# checkout a new not yet existing branch
cob = checkout -b
# push changes to a remote
p = push
# fetch from repo and prune any remote-tracking refss that no longer exist on remote
f = fetch -p
Less Commonly Used
# edit this config file
edit-config = config --global -e
# show aliases
aliases = config --get-regexp alias
# stash list
sl = stash list
# stash work (along with untracked files) with message
ss = stash save -u
# get a stash (ie. stash@{2})
sp = stash pop
# get most recent stash
sprecent = stash pop stash@{0}
# logging
plog = log --graph --pretty='format:%C(red)%d%C(reset) %C(yellow)%h%C(reset) %ar %C(green)%aN%C(reset) %s'
Never Really Used, but Exist
# remove all branches merged into the branch I'm on
bdm = "!git branch --merged | grep -v '*' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"
# checkout a branch
co = checkout
# push changes to master
pom = push origin master
# tag a version
t = tag
# list contributors
rank = shortlog -sn --no-merges
# logging
lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit
tlog = log --stat --since='1 Day Ago' --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --date=relative
# View unpushed commits
unpushed = !GIT_CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git name-rev --name-only HEAD) && git log origin/$GIT_CURRENT_BRANCH..$GIT_CURRENT_BRANCH --oneline
# View unmerged branches, except for those beginning with "archive/" and "staging"
unmerged-D = !git branch --no-merged develop | grep -Ev \"(archive/|staging)\"
unmerged-M = !git branch --no-merged master | grep -Ev \"(archive/|staging)\"
# View which branches need to be merged, except for those beginning with "archive/" and "staging"
active-merged-D = !git branch --merged develop | grep -Ev \"(archive/|staging)\"
Comment below with your favorite git aliases!
Thanks for reading, and Happy Coding!
Brian
Top comments (4)
Great aliases, thanks!!
I'd suggest to replace the
add .withadd -uin theacmalias, to only add files that were already added before (e.g to avoid adding a big node_modules by accident)Cheers!
Thanks JA, for your feedback!
For me, I have node_modules in my .gitignore file so I won’t need to deal with that. Also, I use this command to initially stage and commit my files.
This will tell you if there are any branches that match your current commit hash. This is useful after running
which will move all of your submodules to detached head. This allows you to checkout a branch with the same hash as the detached head.
Thank you! I’ll need to look more into that! I appreciate it!