My basic gitconfig file.

gitconfig.txt

[user]
	name = %%name%%
	email = %%email%%

[core]
	autocrlf = input
	safecrlf = true
	pager = 
	excludesfile = %%gitignore_global%%
	ignorecase = false

[alias]
	co = checkout
	ci = commit
    	staged = diff --staged
	st = status
	br = branch
	hist = log --color --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --date=relative
	oneline = log -n 10 --oneline --format=format:'%C(bold cyan)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)' --all
	type = cat-file -t
	dump = cat-file -p
	unmerged = diff --name-only --diff-filter=U 
	merge = merge -Xignore-all-space


[push]
	default = upstream

[filter "media"]
	required = true
	clean = git media clean %f
	smudge = git media smudge %f
	
[color]
  ui = true

[color "branch"]
  current = blue
  local = cyan bold
  remote = green bold

[color "diff"]
  meta = white
  frag = red bold
  old = yellow dim
  new = green bold
  whitespace = white reverse

[color "status"]
  added = green
  changed = yellow
  untracked = red
  branch = magenta

Instructions.md

Copy this file to ~/.gitconfig and replace the following:

%%name%% with your name (no quotes)

%%email%% your email address (no quotes)

%%gitconfig_global%% - the global gitignore file. It is usually named ~/.gitignore_global