Setup Git shortcuts (aliases)

I like to type short commands for commands I use very often. If you use Git, then you probably use that command a lot.

I have some shortcuts setup for git like this:

• git co for git checkout
• git st for git status (not stash)
• git ci for git commit

On Mac you can edit your .gitconfig file by typing nano ~/.gitconfig and add the following:

[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

If you even want the git command shorter, then you can make an alias in your ~/.bash_profile file by typing nano ~/.bash_profile and adding the following:

alias g='git'

Now you can use git like this: g co -b feature/new-branch (creates a new branch).

Source: http://githowto.com/aliases.

Happy coding! – Found a mistake or a typo? Please submit a PR to my GitHub-repo.