#gitconfig

Ever forget which branch you were working on? Here's a little snippet to list the most recent git branches by commit date.

Add this to your ~/.gitconfig*

[alias] recent-branches = !git for-each-ref --sort='-committerdate' --format='%(committerdate)%09%(objectname:short)%09%(refname)' refs/heads | sed -e 's,refs/heads/,,' | head

Usage:

git recent-branches -n 5 Wed Oct 30 14:59:58 2019 -0700 fd658fd master Wed Oct 30 14:57:05 2019 -0700 8a4c5a4 feature/docker-unit-tests Wed Oct 30 13:19:45 2019 -0700 783ae60 feature/increase-num-threads Tue Oct 29 16:06:40 2019 -0700 ac3c9d2 bugfix/hash-collisions Tue Oct 29 15:33:51 2019 -0700 f2c1ab1 feature/wip

Command line:

Can also just commands on the command line

git for-each-ref --sort='-committerdate' --format='%(committerdate)%09%(objectname:short)%09%(refname)' refs/heads | sed -e 's,refs/heads/,,' | head

In case you're wondering the %09 is a tab character in the git for-each-ref formatting.

References:

https://davidwalsh.name/sort-git-branches

To set rebase strategy for git pull 

file ~/.gitconfig

        • git bitbucket proxy setup # (if in git bash) run command in dos shell to get proxy cmd //c echo %HTTP_PROXY% # set in global .gitconfig git config --global http.proxy http://192.168.xx.xx:xxxx # check that its there git config --global -l # add the https repo link git remote add origin https://[email protected]/keckclip/repo.git # push :) git push origin --all

Can’t set global gitconfig after installing YADR

I installed YADR recently and ever since I have been unable to set my global user name and email with gitconfig.

error: could not lock config file /Users/user/.gitconfig: No such file or directory

When I run ls -A I see that .git and .gitconfig do indeed exist. I’ve even tried setting the user name and email within GitHub for Mac, but I get a ‘Git Error’.

One thing I’ve noticed in the YADR…

Here's an excerpt from my .gitconfig file. You can create a user-level configuration file as ~/.gitconfig.

[core] ; default exclude file is ~/.config/git/ignore excludesfile = /path/to/gitignore ; can also set editor with $GIT_EDITOR editor = /path/to/edit pager = less --chop-long-lines [alias] co = checkout ci = commit st = status br = branch hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h%x09%C(white blue bold)%d%Creset%x20%s%x09%C(cyan)(%cr)%Creset \" --graph --date=short --branches --all --color tree = log --pretty=format:\"%h%x09%C(white bold)%d%Creset%x20%s \" --graph --branches --all --simplify-by-decoration --color type = cat-file -t dump = cat-file -p last = cat-file commit HEAD ldiff = diff --color-words [color] ; The colors might not work in Terminal.app ui = auto branch = auto [color "branch"] current = blue bold remote = white [color "status"] added = white bold changed = blue bold untracked = red branch = cyan bold [color "diff"] old = red new = white [push] default = simple [diff] ; how many lines of context to display in diff? default=3 context=1

Note that you can set values in this file from the command line like this: