My Git Aliases Categorized by Usage

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

Comments

[JA Samitier]

Great aliases, thanks!!

I'd suggest to replace the add . with add -u in the acm alias, to only add files that were already added before (e.g to avoid adding a big node_modules by accident)

Cheers!

[Brian Gaines]

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.

[esromneb]

alias gitfind='git branch -avv | grep `git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-7`'

This will tell you if there are any branches that match your current commit hash. This is useful after running

git submodule update --init --recursive

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.

[Brian Gaines]

Thank you! I’ll need to look more into that! I appreciate it!