Git aliases for better productivity

Ok, so you’ve figured out a workflow with git and use it on a daily basis to get work done. Happily minding your own business pushing things and pulling some other things. I was there some years back when I realized that i could optimize my workflow. Over the years, I have collected number of git aliases which makes me better at git (PS: also i dont have to remember complex commands) .

Here are the ones I like the most.

Checkout

co - to use the checkout swiss army knife. Use it as follows

git co <branchname> - to switch to a specific branch.

git co - - to switch to the previous branch (SWEET MOTHER OF GOD!!).

git co <filename> - get the file from current HEAD. This will override the changes you’ve done.

Status

st - To get the current status. Use it as git st

Undo

undo - To undo the previous commit. Use with care and only if you’ve not pushed to the remote yet.

Serve

serve - Use this to host a local git repository. Handy at times.

All my Aliases

Here are all my aliases taken from .gitconfig.

  
    co = checkout  
    po = push origin  
    pom = push origin master  
    pod = push origin dev  
    a = add  
    d = diff  
    st = status -sb  
    undo = reset --soft HEAD^  
    c = commit --verbose  
    cm = commit -m  
    lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit  
    b = "!git for-each-ref --sort='-authordate' --format='%(authordate)%09%(objectname:short)%09%(refname)' refs/heads | sed -e 's-refs/heads/--'"  
    shelve = stash # baggage from mercurial  
    unshelve = stash pop  
    serve = "!server(){ git daemon --verbose --export-all --base-path=. --reuseaddr $@; }; echo git://localhost:9418/; server"

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