Working with Well-Known Repositories - Git Recipes - page 39

The commands shown in Listings 2-5 and 2-8 through 2-13 are quite long to type. You
would like to define aliases that would be easier to type while returning the same out-
put.

Solution

Open the command line and go to your home directory. Using Linux, Mac, or a bash
command line on Windows it can be done with:

$ cd ∼

If you use a standard Windows' command line, then try:

$ cd %userprofile%

Start the editor of the text files and open the file .gitconfig . If you use vi , you
can do it with:

$ vi .gitconfig

At the bottom of the file append the contents of Listing 2-14 . Save the file and exit
the editor.

Listing 2-14. The aliases for the commands shown in Listings 2-5 and 2-8 through 2-13

[alias]
l = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --abbrev=4 -25

days = "!days() {
git log --pretty=format:%cd --date=short | uniq;
}; days"

stat = "!stat() {
echo -n Number of revisions:;
git log --oneline | wc -l;
echo -n Number of developers:;
git shortlog -s | wc -l;
echo -n Number of days:;