README.md

Awesome Git Configuration Defaults

Commands and Settings have been taken from:

• Three Git Configurations that Should Be the Default
• Push to newly created branch without creating an upstream branch in Git
• GitHub - Signing commits
• How to Check if a File or Directory Exists in Bash

set_git_config_defaults.sh

#!/bin/bash

git config --global pull.rebase true
git config --global fetch.prune true
git config --global diff.colorMoved zebra
git config --global push.default current
git config --global core.autocrlf true

# For GPG signing
git config --global commit.gpgsign true
git config --global user.signingkey <GPG KEY ID>
git config --global gpg.program gpg

# Add interactive env for GPG in case a passcode is used.
# Assume gpg is the program used for GPG singing
BASHRC_FILE=~/.bashrc
ZSHRC_FILE=~/.zshrc

if [ -f "$ZSHRC_FILE" ]; then
  SOURCE_FILE=$ZSHRC_FILE
else
  SOURCE_FILE=$BASHRC_FILE
fi

printf '\n' >> $SOURCE_FILE
printf '\n# Make GPG signing interactive. This is is probably not needed if a passcode is not used.' >> $SOURCE_FILE
printf '\nexport GPG_TTY=$(tty)' >> $SOURCE_FILE
printf '\n' >> $SOURCE_FILE