Share git aliases across multiple users/workstations

Set up steps -

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/pipelineinc/alias4git.git
   

2. Locate global .gitconfig file location on your machine -

   Default on windows machine is home directory ( %USERPROFILE% )

   

3. Update contents of your global .gitconfig to below -

# replace file paths below with matching filepaths from cloned alias4git repository
[include]
   path = <path\\to\\alias4git\\alias.gitconfig> 	# make sure to remove '<' and '>'

[alias]
	cfg = !git config --file <path\\\\to\\\\alias4git\\\\alias.gitconfig>
	
[user]
	email = <your-email>
	name = <your-name>
	

1. Update alias.gitconfig path to appropriate path of cloned alias4git repository

How to add new alias and share across team -

1. Follow setup steps mentioned above
2. Open command prompt
3. Change current directory to alias4git repository

   cd path\to\alias4git
   

4. Add new alias using command -

   git cfg alias.st "status"
   

   instead of

   git config --global alias.st "status"
   

5. Check if newly added alias is visible in list

   git cfg -l
   

   or using

   git cfglist
   

6. Commit your change to this repository using git and create Pull Request

   git add .
   git commit 
   git push
   

7. Ask your team to sync alias4git repository by pulling new changes

   git pull