Here's a better version of a .gitconfig. Just save this text as ~/.gitconfig.
Note: Be sure to put your name and email where it says!
[user]
name = 'Your Name'
email = [email protected]
[color]
ui = auto
[color "branch"]
current = yellow reverse
local = yellow
remote = green
[color "diff"]
meta = yellow bold
frag = magenta bold
old = red bold
new = green bold
whitespace = red reverse
[color "status"]
added = green
changed = yellow
untracked = red
[core]
whitespace=fix,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol
[alias]
st = status
ci = commit
br = branch
co = checkout
df = diff
dc = diff --cached
lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit
lol = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
lola = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
ls = ls-files
unstage = reset HEAD
# Show files ignored by git:
ign = ls-files -o -i --exclude-standard
Sources: Cheat Sheets, Coder Journal