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Aliases
Stop working so hard! In this chapter, we will look at Git aliases, which greatly reduce the amount of typing you have to do. Aliases can be very simple, or they can take arguments and flags.
Aliases
Aliases they allow you to create shortcuts to git commands. For example, I have the alias st, which stands for status. Thus, I enter:
git st
and it is exactly as if I had entered:
git status
We'll get to more exciting and useful aliases in just a moment, but first let's look at how these are created. To create an alias:
- Enter
git - Enter the keyword
config - Enter the flag
--global - Enter the keyword
aliasfollowed by a period and then the alias itself - Enter the command you are aliasing
This sounds more complicated than it is. For example, ...
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