Creating git aliases

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may

I am trying to add the following aliases in ubuntu

alias l=log --pretty=format:"%C(yellow)%h\\ %ad%Cred%d\\ %Creset%s%Cblue\\ [%cn]" --decorate --date=short

$ source ~/.aliases
bash: alias: --decorate: not found
bash: alias: --decorate: not found
bash: alias: --numstat: not found

I could use this command outside with git

I am not so sure why? Can someone help me? I tried googling but I did not go far with it. I do not know bash so much.

Kunal Vohra

This is bit older question but it is very important to understand and create git alias as this will save lot of time of yours.

In your question you are close to answer just a silly mistake done is you are trying to create alias using script.

Alias needs to be defined in .gitconfig file. Not just alias but all config part like

[core], [color], [pack], [help], [alias] etc

I would like to share some basic and useful alias with you to have things handy and you can change it further per your need and daily usage

[alias]
    lg = log -p
    lol = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
    lola = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
    st = status
    co = checkout
    ci = commit -a -m
    br = branch
    ls = ls-files
    po = push origin
    f = fetch
    p = pull
    delete = branch -d master
    com = checkout master
    cob = checkout -b
    unstage = reset HEAD
    url = remote set-url origin 
    ign = ls-files -o -i --exclude-standard
    cp = cherry-pick

Let me know if any other understanding needed.

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