Sample git config

.gitconfig

# See the following for references:
#  * http://www.metacircus.com/hacking/2011/02/18/play-git-like-a-violin.html
#  * http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git/
#  * http://pyrtsa.posterous.com/aligning-your-git-logs
#  * http://blog.apiaxle.com/post/handy-git-tips-to-stop-you-getting-fired/

# Git >v1.7.10 lets you include external files
# Put your user configuration in here, so it never
# accidentally gets checked in
[include]
  path = /home/jp/.gitconfig.local

# Colour settings across all (colour) reporting
[color]
	ui = auto
	diff = auto
	interactive = auto
	status = auto
[color "branch"]
	current = yellow reverse
	local = yellow
	remote = green
[color "diff"]
	whitespace = red reverse

# External tools
[core]
	editor = vim
[merge]
	tool = vimdiff

[alias]
	# Remember the current branch, so you can get back to it
	remember = "!git b | grep '*' | sed -e 's/^\\* *//' > /tmp/git-remember"
	recall = "!cat /tmp/git-remember"
	forget = "!rm /tmp/git-remember"

	# Add
	a = add
	# Add in interactive mode to make complex commits
	ai = add --interactive

	# Assuming
	assume   = update-index --assume-unchanged
	unassume = update-index --no-assume-unchanged
	assumed  = "!git ls-files -v | grep ^h | cut -c 3-"

	# Branching
	b = branch
	ba = branch -a
	b-tr = branch --track
	b-tr-u = branch --set-upstream

	# Commit
	c = commit
	# commit with a message
	cm = commit -m
	cma = commit -a -m
	# amending the previous commit
	ca = commit --amend
	caa = commit -a --amend -C HEAD

	# Checkout
	co = checkout
	co6 = checkout 6.x-1.x
	co7 = checkout 7.x-1.x
	co8 = checkout 8.x-1.x
	com = checkout master
	cod = checkout develop
	cor = checkout release

	# Diff
	d = diff
	dc = diff --cached
	d-np = diff --no-prefix

	# Fetching
	f = fetch
	ft = fetch --tags
	fta = fetch --tags --all

	# Merging
	m = merge
	# Merge master/develop into the current branch
	mm = merge master
	md = merge develop
	# Merge from current branch into master, then switch back
	m2m = "!i=`git b | grep '*' | sed -e 's/^\\* *//'`; git com; git m $i; git co $i"
	m2d = "!i=`git b | grep '*' | sed -e 's/^\\* *//'`; git cod; git m --no-ff $i; git co $i"
	m2dff = "!i=`git b | grep '*' | sed -e 's/^\\* *//'`; git cod; git m $i; git co $i"
	# Merge from remembered branch into current
	mrem = "!git merge `cat /tmp/git-remember`"
	# Working out what's ours and theirs during a merge
	# "The function is there as hack to get $@..."
	ours   = "!f() { git checkout --ours $@ && git add $@; }; f"
	theirs = "!f() { git checkout --theirs $@ && git add $@; }; f"

	# Push/pull
	ps = push
	pl = pull
	pt = push --tags
	pt-o = push origin --tags
	ps-o = push origin
	pl-o = pull origin
	# Branch-specific push/pull
	# Master, develop and release (pre-git flow)
	ps-om = push origin master
	pl-om = pull origin master
	ps-od = push origin develop
	pl-od = pull origin develop
	ps-or = push origin release
	pl-or = pull origin release
	# Push/pull whatever the current branch is
	pl-oc = "!git pl-o `git b | grep '*' | sed -e 's/^\\* *//'`"
	ps-oc = "!git ps-o `git b | grep '*' | sed -e 's/^\\* *//'`"
	# Pull followed by push, for reconciling and pushing changes.
	pp-oc = "!git pl-oc && git ps-oc"
	# Drupal module branches
	pl-o6 = pull origin 6.x-1.x
	ps-o6 = push origin 6.x-1.x
	pl-o7 = pull origin 7.x-1.x
	ps-o7 = push origin 7.x-1.x
	pl-o8 = pull origin 8.x-1.x
	ps-o8 = push origin 8.x-1.x

	# Reset
	# Soft resets
	r = reset
	r1 = reset HEAD^
	r2 = reset HEAD^^
	# Hard resets
	rh = reset --hard
	rh1 = reset HEAD^ --hard
	rh2 = reset HEAD^^ --hard

	# Remote repositories and cloning
	rem = remote
	rema = remote add
	remao = remote add origin
	remd = remote rm
	remv = remote -v
	cl = clone

	# Tagging and describing the current checkout
	t = tag -l
	tt = tag -l -n1
	desc = describe
	desct = describe --tags
	name = rev-parse HEAD
	name-cut = "!git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c -8"

	# Nice logging
	where = log --decorate --pretty=oneline -n1 --color
	lol = log --pretty=oneline --graph --color --decorate --stat
	lola = log --pretty=oneline --graph --color --decorate --abbrev-commit --all
	l50 = "!git log --abbrev-commit --date=short --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%cd%x00%s%x00%an%x00%d' | gawk -F '\\0' '{ printf \"%s\\033[31m%s\\033[0m \\033[32m%s\\033[0m  %-50s \\033[30;1m%s\\033[0m\\033[33m%s\\n\", $1, $2, $3, gensub(/(.{49}).{2,}/, \"\\\\1…\",\"g\",$4), $5, $6 }' | less -R"
	l80 = "!git log --abbrev-commit --date=short --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%cd%x00%s%x00%an%x00%d' | gawk -F '\\0' '{ printf \"%s\\033[31m%s\\033[0m \\033[32m%s\\033[0m  %-80s \\033[30;1m%s\\033[0m\\033[33m%s\\n\", $1, $2, $3, gensub(/(.{79}).{2,}/, \"\\\\1…\",\"g\",$4), $5, $6 }' | less -R"
	lg50 = "!git log --graph --color --abbrev-commit --date=relative --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%s%x00%cd%x00%an%x00%d' | gawk -F '\\0' '{ printf \"%s\\033[31m%s\\033[0m %-50s \\033[32m%14s\\033[0m \\033[30;1m%s\\033[0m\\033[33m%s\\n\", $1, $2, gensub(/(.{49}).{2,}/, \"\\\\1…\",\"g\",$3), $4, $5, $6 }' | less -R"
	lg80 = "!git log --graph --color --abbrev-commit --date=relative --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%s%x00%cd%x00%an%x00%d' | gawk -F '\\0' '{ printf \"%s\\033[31m%s\\033[0m %-80s \\033[32m%14s\\033[0m \\033[30;1m%s\\033[0m\\033[33m%s\\n\", $1, $2, gensub(/(.{79}).{2,}/, \"\\\\1…\",\"g\",$3), $4, $5, $6 }' | less -R"

	# Misc other commands
	s = status
	i = init
	l = log
	ls = ls-files
	ign = ls-files -o -i --exclude-standard
	# Initialize a git repository and check everything in
	inad = !"git init && git add . && git commit -m 'First checkin'"
	# Take a snapshot of the current build as a stash
	snapshot = !git stash save "snapshot: $(date)" && git stash apply "stash@{0}"

	# Gitk
	k = !"gitk &"
	ka = !"gitk --all &"

[core]
	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
	autocrlf = false