10 Useful Git Aliases to Boost Your Productivity

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10 Useful Git Aliases to Boost Your Productivity

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Git aliases can save you time by allowing you to create shortcuts for commonly used commands. Here are some useful and commonly used Git aliases, along with instructions on how to add them to your Git configuration:

1. Checking Git Status

• Alias: st
• Command: git status
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.st status

2. View Git Log in One Line

• Alias: lg
• Command: git log --oneline --graph --decorate --all
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.lg "log --oneline --graph --decorate --all"

3. Show Last Commit

• Alias: last
• Command: git log -1 HEAD
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.last "log -1 HEAD"

4. Add All and Commit

• Alias: cm
• Command: git commit -am "message"
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.cm "commit -am"

5. Fetch and Rebase

• Alias: up
• Command: git pull --rebase
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.up "pull --rebase"

6. View Unstaged Changes

• Alias: unstaged
• Command: git diff
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.unstaged diff

7. View Staged Changes

• Alias: staged
• Command: git diff --cached
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.staged "diff --cached"

8. Amend Last Commit

• Alias: amend
• Command: git commit --amend
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.amend "commit --amend"

9. Show Changes in the Current Branch Compared to Another

• Alias: compare
• Command: git diff --stat
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.compare "diff --stat"

10. List All Git Aliases

• Alias: alias
• Command: git config --get-regexp ^alias\.
• Add it:

  git config --global alias.alias "config --get-regexp ^alias\."

How to Add Git Aliases:

To add these aliases, you can either use the git config command as shown above, or you can manually add them to your Git configuration file. Here's how:

1. Open your global Git configuration file (~/.gitconfig) in a text editor.
2. Add the following under the [alias] section:

   [alias]
       st = status
       lg = log --oneline --graph --decorate --all
       last = log -1 HEAD
       cm = commit -am
       up = pull --rebase
       unstaged = diff
       staged = diff --cached
       amend = commit --amend
       compare = diff --stat
       alias = config --get-regexp ^alias\.

By adding these aliases, you'll be able to type shorter commands and boost your productivity when using Git.