Various configuration and alias commands you can directly run from the command line.
Aliases are convenient shotcuts making your everyday work a little easier. This is especially true for commands that you use a lot and thus save you a lot of keystrokes, and for commands that are so long making them hard to remember and tidious to type. When designing an alias I make sure the abbreviation makes sence to me. In that way they are not too cryptic and makes sure I remember them more easily. I try to use the following methodology:
- First, I abbriviate git commands with a 2 character representation. If there is a clash with another command, some opinionated judgement is needed to decide the most logical resolution.
- To extend these basic abbriviations, I add a 3rd character to include some flags. Or maybe a 4th to extend these even more.
- Then, for the most used commands (possibly with flags), I will make a 1 character representation. These are quick wins!
- Lastly, there are some