Git Aliases for Productivity

My essential Git aliases that save time every day:

Basic Shortcuts

git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status

More Powerful Aliases

# Better log
git config --global alias.lg "log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit"

# Undo last commit but keep changes
git config --global alias.undo "reset HEAD~1 --mixed"

# Amend without editing message
git config --global alias.amend "commit --amend --no-edit"

# Show branches sorted by last modified
git config --global alias.recent "branch --sort=-committerdate"

Cleanup Commands

# Delete merged branches
git config --global alias.cleanup "!git branch --merged | grep -v '\\*\\|main\\|master' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"

# Prune remote branches
git config --global alias.prune-remote "remote prune origin"

These aliases are in my .gitconfig on every machine I use.