GitHub configuration

github_config.md

To limit pushes to your current branch:

$ git config --global push.default simple

To default all new branches to fetch and rebase - not merge:

$ git config --global branch.autosetuprebase always

To record any merge conflict resolutions and reuse them automatically:

$ git config --global rerere.enabled true

To colorize git’s output for increased readability:

$ git config --global color.ui true

To create a git s alias (for short and easy readable status):

$ git config --global alias.s "status -s"

To create a git lg alias (cool one line log output):

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

To configure line endings correctly on Linux/Mac:

$ git config --global core.autocrlf input

To configure line endings correctly on Windows:

$ git config --global core.autocrlf true

To delete all branches that are already merged into the currently checked out branch:

$ git branch --merged | grep -v "\*" | xargs -n 1 git branch -d