.gitconfig with useful aliases

.gitconfig

[user]
   name  = ....
   email = ....
[color]
   ui     = auto
   diff   = auto
   status = auto
   branch = auto
[push]
   default = simple
[core]
   autocrlf = input
   filemode = false
   editor = vim
[alias]
   gr = log --graph --decorate --oneline     # show pretty graph
   soa = !git remote update && git status    # state of affairs
   # checkout Gitlab merge requests using `git mr <remote> <x>` (x is the MR number)
   mr = !sh -c 'git fetch $1 merge-requests/$2/head:mr-$1-$2 && git checkout mr-$1-$2' -
[colors]
   ui = true