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I have several git alias that I live by:

ga = git add -A

gc = git commit

gcm = git commit -m

gp = git push

All of these are defined in my zshrc rather than doing it through git config.

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Same thing - I put them in my shell. Here is the list I use:

alias ga="git add"

alias gaw="git add -A && git diff --cached -w | git apply --cached -R"

alias gb="git branch"

alias gbl="git branch -l"

alias gbD="git branch -D"

alias gbu="git branch -u"

alias gc="git commit"

alias gca="git commit -a"

alias gcaa="git commit -a --amend"

alias gcam="git commit -a -m"

alias gce="git commit -e"

alias gcfu="git commit --fixup"

alias gcm="git commit -m"

alias gco="git checkout"

alias gcob="git checkout -b"

alias gcoB="git checkout -B"

alias gcp="git cherry-pick"

alias gcpc="git cherry-pick --continue"

alias gd="git diff"

alias gd^="git diff HEAD^ HEAD"

alias gds="git diff --staged"

alias gl="git lg" # TODO - make these options defaults for "git log" itself

alias glg="git log --graph --decorate --all" # TODO - make these options defaults for "git log" itself

alias gdc="git diff --cached"

alias gpom="git push origin master"

alias gr="git remote"

alias gra="git rebase --abort"

alias grb="git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date"

alias grbom="grb --onto master"

alias grbasi="git rebase --autosquash --interactive"

alias grc="git rebase --continue"

alias grs="git restore --staged"

alias grv="git remote -v"

alias grh="git reset --hard"

alias grH="git reset HEAD"

alias grH^="git reset HEAD^"

alias gs="git status -sb"

alias gsd="git stash drop"

alias gsl="git stash list --date=relative"

alias gsp="git stash pop"

alias gss="git stash show"

alias gst="git status"

alias gstn="git status -uno"

alias gsu="git standup"

alias gforgotrecursive="git submodule update --init --recursive --remote"

I would guess a list this long is self defeating. You wouldn't remember the ones you don't use often but would have a better chance remembering the full command because the language of the command is more intuitive.

Memory is pretty weird with these - I find that my hands do most of the remembering, and my mind doesn't have to do much work. It must be a very individual thing - hope everyone is doing what works for them. And you're right that there's always a safe fallback to default commands. I will admit that seeing the list in its entirety when posting it, I was surprised at its length, but I estimate I use at least 50% of these often!

Looking at the other posts in the thread, it looks like this set of aliases is very similar (maybe I should switch to cut some fat out of my dotfiles): https://kapeli.com/cheat_sheets/Oh-My-Zsh_Git.docset/Content...

> It must be a very individual thing

I suppose that is true because I can't remember more than 3 of my shell git aliases but I'm the most basic git user you can get and I don't use them for work.

I recall seeing a omz (IIRC) plugin that reminds you of aliases that match the commands that you just ran. I had this turned on, but it got too annoying :)

I do similarly but my favorite git log ("gl") variant (in a bash script rather than an alias) is:

set -eux

git log --notes --decorate=full --source --stat --summary -C -M --pretty=fuller $*|less

...so that I can see if there was any revision to a commit after it was first committed, which files were changed and how much, and pass extra parameters if needed.

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