Aliases

Git support the concept of aliases which provides a way for users to extend Git in a lightweight fashion. Git aliases are conceptually very similar to Bash/Zsh aliases. Here we provide a list of aliases that you might find useful in your workflow.

Aliases

co

A shortcut for checkout.

Installing

$ git config --global alias.co 'checkout'

Usage

$ git co

Example

$ git co -b bugfix
Switched to a new branch 'bugfix'

ci

A shortcut for commit.

Installing

$ git config --global alias.ci 'commit'

Usage

$ git ci

Example

$ git ci -m 'Fixed typo in README'
[master a0489d9] Fixed typo in README
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

st

A shortcut for status --short.

Installing

$ git config --global alias.st 'status --short'

Usage

$ git st

Example

$ git st
 M README.md

root

Prints the top-level directory of the current repository.

Installing

$ git config --global alias.root 'rev-parse --show-toplevel'

Usage

$ git root

Example

$ git root
/home/ehelin/git/github.com/openjdk/jdk

glog

Shows the commit history as a graph in a compact format.

Installing

$ git config --global alias.glog 'log --color --format='format:%C(auto)%h %C(auto)%s %C(auto)%d' --graph --all --abbrev'

Usage

$ git glog

Example

$ git glog
*   939a493bdd Merge  (HEAD -> fibers, origin/fibers, origin/HEAD)
|\  
| * 6a9a93bc32 Minor improvements 
* | c5756b560d Merge 
|\| 
| * bcdbc8622a 8240914: java_lang_Throwable::fill_in_stack_trace should use Handler for "cont" 
| * 0965d252c1 8241331: Implement basic support of test execution using vthread wrapper 
| * f0a7aab1f6 Replace fibers by virtual threads in the test summary 
* | 55a94cafe9 Merge 
|\| 
| * f5a2ff5c2c JFR Thread Sleep event for virtual threads 
* | 15d5a97ec0 Merge 
|\| 
| *   28709d479c Merge 
| |\  
| | *   af28093ed8 Merge  (origin/master, master)
| | |\  
| | | * 9fe762d3c5 8241162: ProblemList serviceability/sa/TestHeapDumpForInvokeDynamic.java on OSX 
| | * | ea367322f2 8241030: rename HtmlTag to TagName 
| | |/  
| | * 34b9ac2287 8236285: [JVMCI] improve TranslatedException traces

glog

Shows the commit history as a graph in a compact format.

Installing

$ git config --global alias.glog 'log --color --format='format:%C(auto)%h %C(auto)%s %C(auto)%d' --graph --all --abbrev'

Usage

$ git glog

Example

$ git glog
*   939a493bdd Merge  (HEAD -> fibers, origin/fibers, origin/HEAD)
|\  
| * 6a9a93bc32 Minor improvements 
* | c5756b560d Merge 
|\| 
| * bcdbc8622a 8240914: java_lang_Throwable::fill_in_stack_trace should use Handler for "cont" 
| * 0965d252c1 8241331: Implement basic support of test execution using vthread wrapper 
| * f0a7aab1f6 Replace fibers by virtual threads in the test summary 
* | 55a94cafe9 Merge 
|\| 
| * f5a2ff5c2c JFR Thread Sleep event for virtual threads 
* | 15d5a97ec0 Merge 
|\| 
| *   28709d479c Merge 
| |\  
| | *   af28093ed8 Merge  (origin/master, master)
| | |\  
| | | * 9fe762d3c5 8241162: ProblemList serviceability/sa/TestHeapDumpForInvokeDynamic.java on OSX 
| | * | ea367322f2 8241030: rename HtmlTag to TagName 
| | |/  
| | * 34b9ac2287 8236285: [JVMCI] improve TranslatedException traces