My Git Aliases

# How to create one
git config --global alias.x y

# pretty & informative log
* lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit

# update all branches before doing new work
* updateAll = !git pull --rebase --prune $@ && git submodule update --init --recursive

# usual commit
* cam = !git add -A && git commit -m

# abandon current work, but make it reachable by 'git reflog'
* wipe = !git add -A && git commit -qm 'WIPE SAVEPOINT' && git reset HEAD~1 --hard

# save current uncompleted changes, you will continue after a coffee break with 'continue' command (below) 
* save = !git add -A && git commit -m 'SAVEPOINT'

# continue latest uncompleted changes commit (above)
* continue = reset HEAD~1 --mixed

# show which files are changed
* diffst = diff --name-only

# simple but really efficient to minimize the size of a diff
* wdiff = diff --word-diff