Git command aliasing

Git command aliasing allows us to improve upon our git workflow with Git commands!

Shortening Git commands

On the command line, instead of typing out the high-frequency git status entirely, we could configure it so that we only need to type git s (or git st or whatever we want):

1$ git config --global alias.s status
2$ git s

The Git manual recommends other aliases for high-frequency commands:

1$ git config --global alias.co checkout
2$ git config --global alias.br branch
3$ git config --global alias.ci commit

Combining Git commands

We could also combine git add and git commit into one command:

1$ git config --global alias.add-commit '!git add -A && git commit'
2$ git add-commit -m 'my commit message'

Combining the above two, we can do something like:

1$ git config --global alias.ac add-commit
2$ git ac -m "my commit message"

In general:

1$ git config --global alias.{alias} {command}
2$ git {alias} [flags]

Other examples

Short for git push origin master (pushing to the cloud):

1$ git config --global alias.pom 'push origin master'
2$ git pom

Short for git checkout -b {branch-name} (checking into a new branch):

1$ git config --global alias.cob 'checkout -b'
2$ git cob {new-branch-name}

Enjoy!