An attempt at a comfortable .gitconfig

.gitconfig

[user]
    name = Pavan Gupta
    email = [email protected]

[core]
    editor = vi
    excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
    attributesfile = ~/.gitattributes


    # Make `git rebase` safer on OS X
    # More info: <http://www.git-tower.com/blog/make-git-rebase-safe-on-osx/>
    trustctime = false

    # Treat spaces before tabs and all kinds of trailing whitespace as an error
    # [default] trailing-space: looks for spaces at the end of a line
    # [default] space-before-tab: looks for spaces before tabs at the beginning of a line
    whitespace = space-before-tab,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space

[color]

    # Use colors in Git commands that are capable of colored output when
    # outputting to the terminal. (This is the default setting in Git ≥ 1.8.4.)
    ui = auto

[color "branch"]

    current = yellow reverse
    local = yellow
    remote = green

[color "diff"]

    meta = yellow bold
    frag = magenta bold # line info
    old = red # deletions
    new = green # additions

[color "status"]

    added = yellow
    changed = green
    untracked = cyan

[diff]

    # Detect copies as well as renames
    renames = copies

[diff "bin"]
    # Use `hexdump` to diff binary files
    textconv = hexdump -v -C

[help]

    # Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands
    autocorrect = 1

[merge]

    # Include summaries of merged commits in newly created merge commit messages
    log = true

[color]
    branch = auto
    diff = auto
    interactive = auto
    status = auto
[web]
    browser = google-chrome
[credential]
    helper = osxkeychain
[push]
    default = simple
[merge]
    tool = kdiff3
[difftool]
    prompt = false
[alias]
    c = commit
    ca = commit -a
    cm = commit -m
    cam = commit -am
    d = diff
    dc = diff --cached
    l = log --graph --pretty=format:"%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset" --abbrev-commit
  # View abbreviated SHA, description, and history graph of the latest 20 commits
  l = log --pretty=oneline -n 20 --graph --abbrev-commit

  # View the current working tree status using the short format
  s = status -s

  # Show the diff between the latest commit and the current state
  d = !"git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || clear; git --no-pager diff --patch-with-stat"

  # `git di $number` shows the diff between the state `$number` revisions ago and the current state
  di = !"d() { git diff --patch-with-stat HEAD~$1; }; git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || clear; d"

  # Pull in remote changes for the current repository and all its submodules
  p = !"git pull; git submodule foreach git pull origin master"

  # Clone a repository including all submodules
  c = clone --recursive

  # Commit all changes
  ca = !git add -A && git commit -av

  # Switch to a branch, creating it if necessary
  go = "!f() { git checkout -b \"$1\" 2> /dev/null || git checkout \"$1\"; }; f"

  # Show verbose output about tags, branches or remotes
  tags = tag -l
  branches = branch -a
  remotes = remote -v

  # Amend the currently staged files to the latest commit
  amend = commit --amend --reuse-message=HEAD

  # Credit an author on the latest commit
  credit = "!f() { git commit --amend --author \"$1 <$2>\" -C HEAD; }; f"

  # Interactive rebase with the given number of latest commits
  reb = "!r() { git rebase -i HEAD~$1; }; r"

  # Remove the old tag with this name and tag the latest commit with it.
  retag = "!r() { git tag -d $1 && git push origin :refs/tags/$1 && git tag $1; }; r"

  # Find branches containing commit
  fb = "!f() { git branch -a --contains $1; }; f"

  # Find tags containing commit
  ft = "!f() { git describe --always --contains $1; }; f"

  # Find commits by source code
  fc = "!f() { git log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h  %Cblue%ad  %Creset%s%Cgreen  [%cn] %Cred%d' --decorate --date=short -S$1; }; f"

  # Find commits by commit message
  fm = "!f() { git log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h  %Cblue%ad  %Creset%s%Cgreen  [%cn] %Cred%d' --decorate --date=short --grep=$1; }; f"

  # Remove branches that have already been merged with master
  # a.k.a. ‘delete merged’
  dm = "!git branch --merged | grep -v '\\*' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"

  # List contributors with number of commits
  contributors = shortlog --summary --numbered

  # Merge GitHub pull request on top of the `master` branch
  mpr = "!f() { \
    if [ $(printf \"%s\" \"$1\" | grep '^[0-9]\\+$' > /dev/null; printf $?) -eq 0 ]; then \
      git fetch origin refs/pull/$1/head:pr/$1 && \
      git rebase master pr/$1 && \
      git checkout master && \
      git merge pr/$1 && \
      git branch -D pr/$1 && \
      git commit --amend -m \"$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)\n\nCloses #$1.\"; \
    fi \
  }; f"
[apply]

    # Detect whitespace errors when applying a patch
    whitespace = fix