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Víctor Adrián
Víctor Adrián

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Basic Git configuration

#git #productivity #terminal #setup

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Introduction

If you are a Manjaro Linux user, then you already have Git in your machine.

If you are an Ubuntu user, install it with:

sudo apt install git
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You can check it's working with this:

git --version
# git version 2.17.1
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Let’s proceed with some basic setup, so we are able to initialize new projects and make commits.

User and email

Git will use this data to mark any commits you create:

git config --global user.name "Your name goes here"
git config --global user.email "your@email.goes.here"
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Colorful CLI

To have colored output when doing git status and git diff:

git config --global color.ui "auto"
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CPU threads

To enable automatic detection of CPU threads to use for packing repositories:

git config --global pack.threads "0"
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Useful alias

Add this to your ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]
    l = log --oneline --decorate --graph

    ll = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative \
    --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) \
    %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)'

    lll = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative \
    --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) \
    %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)' \
    --branches

    co = checkout
    ci = commit
    man = help
    h = help
    a = add
    f = fetch
    d = diff
    dc = diff --cached
    dt = difftool
    dtc = difftool --cached
    ds = diff --stat
    dsc = diff --stat --cached
    s = status --short --branch
    b = branch

[credential]
    helper = cache

[diff]
    algorithm = patience
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Global .gitignore

Let’s define a global .gitignore file:

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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And let’s use it to ignore Visual Studio Code project files and also files generatedby the ElixirLS plugin:

echo ".vscode/" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo ".elixir_ls/" >> ~/.gitignore_global
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Dealing with line endings

Linux / Mac

If you are a Linux / Mac user:

git config --global core.autocrlf input
git config --global core.safecrlf true
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Windows

If you are a Windows user:

git config --global core.autocrlf true
git config --global core.safecrlf true
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