Configuring Git after formatting Dec 11, 2011 Simply copy&paste this in your console: #Author git config --global user.name "Alejandro Riera" git config --global user.email ariera@whatever.com # Abbreviations git config --global alias.st status git config --global alias.co checkout git config --global alias.ci commit git config --global alias.br branch ## # Pimp-out log: # From: http://www.jukie.net/bart/blog/pimping-out-git-log git config --global alias.lg "log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative" src: http://superuser.com/questions/169695/what-are-your-favorite-git-aliases