.zshrc

# add this in the zshrc generated by oh-my-zsh

alias gs="git status"
alias gd="git diff"

#other aliases
# alias build_proj_a="bazel build //src/proj/a/..."

# use: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting to install zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin

plugins=(git zsh-syntax-highlighting)

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh # need to activate plugins

export ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_MAXLENGTH=60  #fixes the paste problem