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		,  18:38, 28 March 2009
	
 
Here are some settings that are nice for the ~/.gitconfig file in your home directory:
<code>
[user]
        name = Your Name Here
        email = your email at domain dot com
[core]
        pager = less -+$LESS -FRX
[color]
        diff = auto
        status = auto
        branch = auto
        interactive = auto
[diff]
        renames = copy
[branch]
        autosetupmerge = true
[clean]
        requireForce = true
[alias]
        ai = add -i
        di = diff -p --stat
        cdi = diff -p --stat --cached
        hdi = diff HEAD -p --stat
        ds = diff --stat
        cds = diff --cached --stat
        hds = diff HEAD --stat
        ci = commit
        co = checkout
        cpx = cherry-pick -x
        cpxs = cherry-pick -x -s
        br = branch
        ru = remote update
        st = status
        shs = show -p --stat
        sh = show -p --stat --pretty=fuller
        l = log
        #lo = log --pretty=oneline
        lo = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %s'
        la = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %Cblue%an%Creset %s'
        lad = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %Cgreen%ai%Creset %Cblue%an%Creset %s'
        le = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %Cgreen%ae%Creset %s'
        ld = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %Cgreen%ai%Creset %s'
        ami3 = am -i -3
        fpstd = format-patch --stdout
        wc = whatchanged -p --stat
        klo = whatchanged -p --stat
        wcy = whatchanged -p --stat --since='yesterday'
        wcw = whatchanged -p --stat --since='1 weeks ago'
        wcf = whatchanged -p --stat --pretty=fuller
        wcyf = whatchanged -p --stat --pretty=fuller --since='yesterday'
        wcwf = whatchanged -p --stat --pretty=fuller --since='1 weeks ago'
        wcs = whatchanged --stat
        wcys = whatchanged --stat --since='yesterday'
        wcws = whatchanged --stat --since='1 weeks ago'
[gc]
        auto = 0
        autopackrefs = 0
        autopacklimit = 0
        packrefs = false
[merge]
        tool = vimdiff
</code>
* credit on these settings goes to obnox, thanks obnox!