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Why Git Alias

Camilla Santiago on August 02, 2018

I've been using git aliases for a while now. People have seen me using them, asked me, I explained, encouraged them to use it too and failed. Why? ...

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Vlastimil Pospichal • Aug 2 '18 • Edited

My aliases in ~/.gitconfig

ci = commit -v
co = checkout
unstage = reset HEAD --
last = log -3
list = log -10 --oneline --decorate
newbranch = checkout -b
exclude = !editor .git/info/exclude
ignore = !editor .gitignore
master = checkout master
ref = symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD
mktags = !mktags
globalConfig = config --edit --global
aliases = config --get-regexp ^alias\\.

In other cases I don't use abbreviations, because using bash-complete is easier to me.

Jason Bazalar • Aug 3 '18 • Edited

I like using s for status, o for pull origin, po for push origin and a few other short ones.

However, there was no point in git aliases for me if I didn't alias git as simply g in ~/.bashrc or .~/profile

g s
g bd (branch -d)
g b
g co
g c (commit -m)
g m (merge)

I try to read the letters in my head as the full command so I remember the commands elsewhere.

Vlastimil Pospichal • Aug 3 '18 • Edited

In my ~/.bashrc is included:

alias gita='git add'
alias gitb='git branch'
alias gitc='git checkout'
alias gitm='git merge'
alias gitr='git rebase'
alias gits='git status'

Camilla Santiago • Aug 4 '18

This is nice too. Surely there are lots of ways to do this. Thanks for sharing.

Camilla Santiago • Aug 4 '18

That's a nice touch. Didn't thought of that before. Thanks for sharing.

Camilla Santiago • Aug 2 '18 • Edited

Oh, it's the first I heard of bash complete. Thanks for sharing.

Patrik Kristian • Aug 3 '18

lol :) even try CTRL+R for searching in history :)
you guys have some interestig aliases, to be honest, for many of them i am not sure what they do.. time to study i guess :)

Jesse Phillips • Jan 6 '19

The aliases I see facilitate a flow I would recommend not to use.

I also do hybrid command line myself. When I go to commit I'll use git gui. Git status isn't as nice as gitk.

Even though the fixup alias intrigued me, I think keeping the commit separate and finalizing at the end of work with an interactive rebase can lend to more options for rework.

Noah Betzen • Aug 3 '18

Some useful add-ins for git: