Pimp your Git UI

Resisting the meme on planet debian about ssh tricks, I'll try to start a new one about git tricks (simply because I do want to improve my git trick portfolio ).

Also, the following two are from Godog, to which I extorted an "intent to post" declaration, unattended thus far Kudos for the tips!

Command aliases

Annoyed by the fact that git st doesn't do what svn st used to do? (Which gets even worse, since I do use git st waaaay more than how much I used svn st). Then enjoy command aliases with the following ~/.gitconfig lines:

[alias]
br = branch
st = status

Coloring

Lines for ~/.gitconfig:

[color]
ui = auto

after that enjoy your pimped git status output.

Update thanks to KiBi, I've discovered color.ui = auto which is shorter than listing all UIs you want to be color-enabled, and also more future-proof.