How to create and remove aliases in GIT

You can add them to your ~/.gitconfig :

[alias]
    st = status
    ci = commit -v

Or you can use the command alias of git config:

$ git config --global alias.st status 
$ git config --global alias.ci 'commit -v'

More information can be found at documentation (English) .

Response Credits for @Diego Dias in SOEN in this answer .

I'll assume you work in Linux or OSX environment.

These aliases you place in your ~/.bashrc (in the case of Linux) file or in the ~/.bash_profile file (in the case of OSX). Edit them in Vim (do not need sudo ) and put some aliases like:

alias gs='git status;'
alias gc='git commit $1;'
alias gca='git commit -am $1;'
alias gcap='git commit -am $1; git push;'

(only one detail: use = and not = with spaces around, as this is a comparison operator)

Anyway, these are some of the commands I set up for my environment. You can create the commands you want for your case.

Ah! Do not forget to give a source ~/.bashtrc (or source ~/.bash_profile in the case of OSX) to load the commands after you enter them. However, whenever you restart the system, the commands will already be available.