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1. Alex (avolkov@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 13-Sep-2018 16:45:14 EDT Alex

   Shallow dive into #git aliases.

   I've been perplexed with git shortcuts because it's not your regular unix command and I don't want to solve things by adding more obscure shell commands I can't remember.

   Simple git alias shorthand is easy --

   git config --global alias.co checkout

   Longer aliases are more difficult, but possible. Add the following to ~/.gitconfig to save a lot of typing when tracking remote origin --

   [alias]
   track = "!f(){ git branch --track $1 origin/$1; }; f"

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   1. Alex (avolkov@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 13-Sep-2018 16:52:14 EDT Alex

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      To debug git aliases run this command

      $ export GIT_TRACE=1

      What I have accomplished is I'm able to track remote branch by typing only

      $ git track <remote_branch_name>

      If I want to track and switch, I can use aliases recursively

      [alias]
      swtrack = "!f(){ git track $1; git checkout $1; }; f"

      Further reading:

      Git Aliases -- https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases

      One weird trick for powerful Git aliases -- https://www.atlassian.com/blog/git/advanced-git-aliases