winfig/git

Git Configuration

Optimized Git configuration with useful aliases and settings for enhanced workflow.

Features

• Comprehensive Aliases: Shortcuts for common Git operations
• Better Diff Algorithm: Histogram algorithm for cleaner diffs
• Auto-correction: Automatically fixes typos in Git commands
• Smart Defaults: Optimized settings for better performance on Windows
• Global Gitignore: Ignore common system and IDE files across all repositories

Installation

Configure Git

# Copy the config to your home directory
Copy-Item git\.gitconfig ~\.gitconfig

# Configure global gitignore
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
Copy-Item git\.gitignore_global ~\.gitignore_global

# Set your user information
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"

Useful Aliases

Basic Operations

• git st - Status
• git co - Checkout
• git br - Branch
• git cm "message" - Commit with message
• git ca - Amend last commit
• git can - Amend last commit without editing message

Logs

• git lg - Beautiful graph log
• git lga - Beautiful graph log (all branches)
• git last - Show last commit with stats

Branch Management

• git brd <branch> - Delete branch (safe)
• git brD <branch> - Force delete branch
• git bra - List all branches (including remote)

Stash Operations

• git sl - Stash list
• git sa - Stash apply
• git ss "message" - Stash save with message
• git sp - Stash pop
• git sd - Stash drop

Advanced Workflows

• git sync - Fetch and rebase current branch
• git cleanup - Delete all merged branches (except main/master/develop)
• git wip - Quick work-in-progress commit
• git unwip - Undo the last WIP commit
• git unstage <file> - Unstage file
• git undo - Undo last commit (keep changes)

Information

• git aliases - List all configured aliases
• git contributors - List contributors with commit counts
• git ignored - List ignored files
• git untracked - List untracked files

Configuration Highlights

Performance

• core.fscache = true - Cache file system operations
• core.preloadindex = true - Parallel index preload

Auto-stash

• Automatically stash changes before rebase

Better Diffs

• Histogram algorithm for cleaner diffs
• Detect renames and copies
• Show conflict markers in diff3 style

Smart Defaults

• Auto-prune deleted remote branches
• Rebase instead of merge on pull
• Push current branch by default
• Auto-correct typos in commands

Windows-Specific Settings

• core.autocrlf = true - Handle line endings automatically
• credential.helper = wincred - Use Windows Credential Manager
• core.editor = nvim - Use Neovim as default editor

Global Gitignore

The .gitignore_global file ignores common files across all your repositories:

• System files (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• IDE and editor files (.vscode, .idea, etc.)
• Language-specific files (node_modules, pycache, etc.)
• Temporary and backup files

Customization

Edit ~\.gitconfig to customize settings to your preferences. Remember to update your user information:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"