My ~/.gitconfig file. Sets svn style shortcuts, turns on color, sets the default editor, sets user.

gitconfig

[alias]
        st = status . -sb
        ci = commit
        co = checkout
        br = branch
        cb = rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
        conflicts = diff --name-only --diff-filter=U
        recent = "!git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ | sed s/.*refs\\\\/heads\\\\/// | head"
[color]
        ui = 1
[core]
        editor = <preferred_editor>
[user]
        name = <user_name>
        email = <user_email>