Git setup and auto completion

Git Setup

I would recommend editing your ~/.gitignore_global file and adding the following lines (to eliminate common system-created files while working in your Git repositories):

*~

.*.swp

.DS_Store

Add the following to your ~/.gitconfig file:

[user]

    name =

    email =

[color]

    ui = true

    status = auto

    branch = auto

    diff = auto

[alias]

    co = checkout

    ci = commit

    cp = cherry-pick

    st = status

    stat = status

    br = branch

    hist = log --pretty=format:\"%u %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short

    type = cat-file -t

    dump = cat-file -p

    ff = merge --ff-only

    rn = log --pretty=format:\"%ad - %s%d\" --date=short

    pa = add --patch

These add useful Git command shortcuts, like git st, git ci, and a very useful git hist, which provides Git commit history viewed like (lines shortened to fit in browser):

Also recommend is the Git . You can get the git-completion.bash script from . Once you've installed the completion script, you can make it work by editing your ~/.profile to add:

source ${PATH_TO_SCRIPT}/git-completion.bash

 

GIT_PROMPT='$(__git_ps1 " [%s]")'

 

CYAN="\[\033[1;36m\]"

YELLOW="\[\033[1;33m\]"

GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"

RESET="\[\033[1;0m\]"

PS1="$CYAN\h$RESET (\W$YELLOW$GIT_PROMPT$RESET)$GREEN\$$RESET "

This will also add a colored shell prompt, with the branch in yellow