best workflow

.aliasrc

# Django
z='cd ~/Sites/projects/zamboni2 && workon z'
zpull="z && git checkout master && git pull && git submodule update && git submodule --quiet foreach 'git submodule --quiet sync && git submodule update --init --recursive'"
zup='zpull && ./vendor/src/schematic/schematic migrations'

.gitconfig

[alias]
        get = "!f() { echo Merging $1 && git checkout master && git pull && git submodule sync && git submodule update --recursive && git checkout $1 && git rebase master && git checkout master && git merge $1; }; f"

This is mine that I use regularly

alias ztest='FORCE_DB=1 ./manage.py test --logging-clear-handlers --noinput'

[alias]
subpull = !git pull --rebase && git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive