Git config file

.gitconfig

# =============================================================================
# .gitconfig
#
# Author: Steve Shreeve <steve.shreeve@gmail.com>
#   Date: Dec 15, 2022
# =============================================================================

# curl -Lso ~/.gitconfig http://bit.ly/3FANcK7

[user]
  name = Steve Shreeve
  email = steve.shreeve@gmail.com
[github]
  user = shreeve
[color]
  diff = auto
  status = auto
  branch = auto
  interactive = auto
[core]
  excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
  pager = "less -FRSX"
  quotepath = false
[filter "lfs"]
  clean = git-lfs clean -- %f
  smudge = git-lfs smudge -- %f
  process = git-lfs filter-process
  required = true
[http]
  postBuffer = 524288000
[pager]
  status = true
[push]
  default = current
  followTags = true

[alias]
  a        = add # add to .git
  ap       = add --patch # interactively add hunks within files

  b        = branch # create a new branch
  ba       = branch -rv # show all remote branches verbosely
  lnuke    = branch -D # force delete local branch
  rnuke    = push origin --delete # force delete remote branch

  x        = checkout # checkout a specific branch
  xx       = checkout -- # restore last version
  xf       = checkout --patch # need to append <branch> and <file>
  xb       = checkout -B # create a new local branch (if it already exists, then force reset it)
  nb       = checkout -b # create a new local branch (if it already exists, then fail)

  pick     = cherry-pick # cherry-pick one commit

  c        = commit # commit a file
  cam      = commit -a -m # commit all changes (not new files though) and a message
  e        = commit --allow-empty --allow-empty-message -m '' # make an empty commit (with an empty message)

  d        = diff # show a diff
  w        = diff --cached # show "what" is about to be committed
  dn       = diff --name-only # show names of changed files

  f        = fetch # fetch from remote

  lp       = log -p # show a nice diff of all commits
  lz       = log -p HEAD~1..HEAD~0 # show last commit

  u        = pull --ff-only # fetch and *merge* in changes from remote
  up       = pull --rebase --autostash # before the rebase, stash mods then apply when done

  p        = push # push changes to remote
  force    = push --force-with-lease # force push (somewhat safely)

  # resets, so many flavors!
  unstage  = reset               # rs
  us       = reset               # unstage
  rs       = reset               # RK: reset index and keeps working tree
  rsh      = reset --hard        # RR: reset index and reset working tree
  rss      = reset --soft        # KK: keeps index and keeps working tree
  rs1      = reset        HEAD~1 # RK: undo 1 commit, reset index and keeps working tree
  rsh1     = reset --hard HEAD~1 # RR: undo 1 commit, reset index and reset working tree
  rss1     = reset --soft HEAD~1 # KK: undo 1 commit, keeps index and keeps working tree
  lose     = reset --hard        # rsh
  rewind   = reset --soft        # rss
  undo     = reset        HEAD~1 # rs1
  oops     = reset --hard HEAD~1 # rsh1
  uncommit = reset --soft HEAD~1 # rss1

  s        = status # check the repo status

  # tracking
  untrack  = rm --cached # stop tracking a file, but keep the current file on disk
  unwatch  = update-index --assume-unchanged # temporarily stop watching this file for changes
  watch    = update-index --no-assume-unchanged # resume watching this file

  # logging
  ref      = reflog -20 # shows the last 20 positions, with a little description
  l        = log --graph --abbrev-commit --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset - %Cblue[%an]%Creset%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr)%Creset'
  ld       = log --graph --abbrev-commit --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset - %Cblue[%an]%Creset%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%ci / %cr)%Creset'
  ls       = log --graph --abbrev-commit --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset - %Cblue[%an]%Creset%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr)%Creset' --name-status
  lsd      = log --graph --abbrev-commit --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset - %Cblue[%an]%Creset%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%ci / %cr)%Creset' --name-status

  # scripts
  back     = !"'!f() { git reset --hard $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)@{${1-1}}; }; f" # see: https://bit.ly/2YBjm12
  bi       = !"for ref in $(git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format='%(refname)' refs/heads/ refs/remotes ); do git log -n1 $ref --pretty=format:'%Cgreen%cr%Creset %C(yellow)%d%Creset %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset%n' | cat ; done | uniq" # information about each branch
  o        = !"git fetch; git diff -w main origin/main" # fetch latest and diff against it, without pulling or merging

# ==[ How to permanently remove a file from a repo ]==
#
# # remove all references to the file
# git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch lib/sample.png' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
#
# # force push the changes
# git push origin --force --all
#
# # after time has passed and you're sure there are no issues, purge your local references
# git for-each-ref --format='delete %(refname)' refs/original | git update-ref --stdin
# git reflog expire --expire=now --all
# git gc --prune=now