Git

git config --global alias.git '!git' Now if you do git git status by mistake you won't get an error lol. I believe this is the most universally useful and unopinionated alias.

The ! makes it treat it as a shell command instead of a git command. Then because it is git it just basically runs the remainder as a git command lol.

Found one on "another site":

I occasionally fat finger the git add command:

$ git dad .
git: 'dad' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

Did you mean this?
  add

So today I fixed it:

$ git config --global alias.dad '!curl https://icanhazdadjoke.com/ && git add'

And now my clumsy typing is rewarded with comedic gold:

$ git dad .
I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me.

Since git's aliasing system passes any parameters on to the underlying command, your git add operation completes normally and you get a bonus dad joke.

My favorites:

• lol: log --oneline --graph --decorate
• lola: log --oneline --graph --decorate --all

The aliases I use the most are these:

st = status
co = checkout
lg = log --color --graph --date=short --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cd) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit

I see that my lg is almost identical to your h. I didn't write mine either.

I have some other aliases (mostly for log) but I rarely use them.

Looking for a repo somewhere with a messy history to demo my git h alias and what it can show. Not having much luck.

Also, I should point out I'm not the originator of this one. I borrowed it from a former coworker years and years and years ago.