Bash aliases for git

2025-03-23

As a software developer, one of the activities one does multiple time throughout a working day is interacting with the git version control system.

The most common commands can be abbreviated by using shell alias support, increasing agility and preventing typos.

Below I have provided the aliases that I employ for my use cases.

#!/bin/bash
get-git-main() {
	IS_MAIN=$(git branch --list 'ma*'| grep 'main')
	if [ -n "$IS_MAIN" ]; then
		echo "main"
	else
		echo "master"
	fi
}

# cloning
gclone() { git clone --depth=10 $*; }

# status
gs() { git status -sb $*; }
gd() { git diff --word-diff=color $*; }
gds() { git diff --staged --word-diff=color $*; }
gdc() { git diff HEAD^ $*; }
gl() { git log --oneline --stat $*; }

# checkout/branching
gb() { git branch --all $*; }
gsw() { git switch $*; }
gnb() { git switch -c "$1"; }
gcom() { git switch "$(get-git-main)" $*; }
gmerge() { git merge $*; }

# committing
ga() { git add $*; }
gr() { git restore $*; }
grs() { git restore --staged $*; }
gcm() { git commit -m "$1"; }
gca() { git commit --amend --no-edit; }

# pull/push
gfom() { git fetch origin "$(get-git-main)" $*; }
gpom() { git pull origin "$(get-git-main)" $*; }
gp() { git push $*; }
gpf() { git push --force-with-lease $*; }
gpp() { git pull origin "$(get-git-main)" && git push; }

# stash
gst() { git stash $*; }
gstp() { git stash pop $*; }
gstl() { git stash list $*; }

# attention: can be destructive of uncommited changes
gc() { git checkout $*; }
gclean() { git clean -fdx; }
gundo() { git reset --hard HEAD^; }