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My Best / Essential Git Aliases. What are your's?

Git Shortcut

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This is first thing I do. Aliasing git as g will save a lot of typing. After the symlink creation you can access git with only typing g in the command line.

$ sudo ln -s `which git` /usr/bin/g

I'm using git now for some years and over the time I came up with a long list of git aliases. Git is great and can give you a great coding experience with it's customizable shortcuts.

The .gitconfig file is located in your home dir. All examples can be added to the [alias] section in this file.

$ nano ~/.gitconfig

Basic Aliases

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co = checkout
cp = cherry-pick
p = pull
squash = merge --squash
st = status
df = diff
b = branch
r = reset

Advanced Usage

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Revert a file

rv = checkout --

Merging

ours = checkout --ours --
theirs = checkout --theirs --

Stashing

sl = stash list
sa = stash apply
ss = stash save

Danger! Cleanup working dir

This alias will reset all modified files!

cleanup = !git reset --hard && git clean -f

List all aliases

alias = config --get-regexp 'alias.*'

Log One Line

logol = log --pretty=format:"%h\\ %s\\ [%cn]"

Search in files

search = "grep -Iin"

Vagrant

vup = !vagrant up
vsu = !vagrant suspend
vss = !vagrant ssh
vde = !vagrant destroy
vpr = !vagrant provision

If you have other good git aliases feel free to write a comment :-)

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Resurrection of lost commits:

zopa = !git log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all $(git fsck --no-reflogs | grep commit | cut -d\\  -f3)
over 1 year ago ·

sup = git submodule update

for standup (lo is my pretty-print log):

work = !git lo --author bjones --before today --after \"two days ago\" --no-merges

info = !git st && echo && git lo && echo && git remote -v

ca = "commit -a"

dt = difftool --no-prompt

mt = mergetool --no-prompt

pff = pull --ff-only

stashall = !git add -A && git stash

over 1 year ago ·

https://coderwall.com/p/vbq-ra - the best are fix and todo.

over 1 year ago ·

alias.lg=log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit
alias.st=status
alias.com=commit -am

over 1 year ago ·

My aliases are defined in bashrc:

alias gitlog="git log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cgreen[%Creset%h%Cgreen]%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit"
alias gittoday="git log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cgreen[%Creset%h%Cgreen]%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --since=yesterday"
alias commit='git commit'
alias gb='git branch -v'
alias gc='git commit -m'
alias gt='git commit -m "typo"'
alias ga='git add '
alias gd='git diff'
alias gr='git rm'
alias gs='git status'
alias gss='git status -s'
alias gpl='git pull origin'
alias gush='git push origin'
alias gco='git checkout'
alias amend='git commit --amend'
over 1 year ago ·

shipit = push heroku master

adhd = commit --amend --reset-author

over 1 year ago ·

I am highly fond of Dash for managing git operations. I use the below 'snippet' to save me time and effort; the terms within underscores are variables naturally; Dash fills all the identically-named fields concurrently as you type.

mkdir __repository-name__
cd __repository-name__
git init
git remote add origin git@github-personal:SteveBenner/__repository-name__.git
echo "# Repo and README created using an automated script, bitch\!" >> README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "Initial commit for git repo stored on Github.com."
git push -u origin master
over 1 year ago ·
# publishes local branch to remote origin
pub = "!f() { u=${1:-origin}; ref=`git symbolic-ref HEAD`; read -p \"Push ${ref#refs/heads/} to $u? \" a && [ \"$a\" = \"y\" ] && git push -u $u $ref; }; f"
over 1 year ago ·
# Handling files that are to be assumed unchanged.
ignore = update-index --assume-unchanged
uningore = update-index --no-assume-unchanged
ignored = !git ls-files -v | grep '^[a-z]'

# Pull and push from the current branch
sync = "!f(){ local branch=`git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e \"s/* \\(.*\\)/\\1/\"`; git pull origin $branch && git push origin $branch; }; f"

# Display 'git describe' and latest 5 tags
taggings = "!f(){ echo 'Describe: '; git describe; echo 'Latest 5 tags: '; git tag | sort -V | tail -5; }; f"

# Switch to latest tag
latest-tag = "!f(){ local latest=`git tag | sort -V | tail -1`; git checkout $latest; }; f"
over 1 year ago ·