Bash aliases are amazing, just set them up.
Bash aliases are shortcuts. They reduce the key strokes, and increase efficiency. You just
type a short, easy to remember shortcut, and bash will execute the full command. Why type
out git status when you could type gs? Whey type out git checkout origin master when you could just type gcm?
First, identify which version of shell you're using and where 's configuration
file is. Usually, on a mac, it's in a file at ~/.bash_profile. I use
zsh, so mine is at ~/.zshrc. An easy way to test is to add a sample alias,
and try executing it after refreshing the shell or sourcing your config file. e.g. source ~/.zshrc. I keep my aliases in a file at ~/.aliases and then add
source ~/.aliasessource ~/.aliases to my ~/.zshrc. Once you identify which file to edit, all you need to do is add something like the following:
alias gs='git status'In the above example, `gs` is the text you will type, and the text in the quotes is the command that will be executed.
Here are the aliases that I use
# general
alias ll='ls -lah'
alias zshrc='vim ~/.zshrc'
alias hosts='sudo vim /etc/hosts'
# directories
alias dev='cd ~/Development'
alias projects='cd ~/Development/projects'
# git
alias mylog='git log --author="Michael Bonner" --pretty=format:"%aD : %s"'
alias gs='git status'
alias gb='git branch'
alias gpull='git pull'
alias gpul='gpull'
alias gpo='git pull origin'
alias gp='git pull'
alias gpush='git push'
alias gf='git fetch'
alias gl2="git log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)%n'' %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)' --all"
alias gl="git log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)' --all"
alias gcm='git checkout main'
alias gcma='git checkout master'
alias gcd='git checkout development'
alias gcs='git checkout staging'
alias gpma='git pull origin master'
alias gpm='git pull origin main'
alias gpd='git pull origin development'
alias gps='git pull origin staging'
alias ga='git add .'
alias gc='git commit -m '
alias gac='git commit -am '
alias gc--.='git checkout -- .'
alias gch='git checkout'
alias gclean='git reset --hard;git clean -df;'
alias ghash='git rev-parse HEAD | pbcopy'
alias gt='bunx git-trim'
alias gr='git rebase'
alias g='lazygit'
alias gw='git worktree'
alias gwl='git worktree list'
alias gwa='git worktree add'
alias gwr='git worktree remove'
alias groma='git rebase origin/master'
alias grom='git rebase origin/main'
# laravel
alias sup='sail up'
alias sdo='sail down'
alias pa='sail artisan'
alias mfs='sail artisan queue:clear; sail artisan migrate:fresh --seed'
alias cda='composer dump-autoload'
alias sail='./vendor/bin/sail'
alias sa='sail artisan'
alias sc='sail composer'
alias pest='vendor/bin/pest'
alias unit="./vendor/bin/phpunit"
alias pint="./vendor/bin/pint"
# npm : requires ni (https://github.com/antfu-collective/ni)
alias nrt='nr test'
alias nrl='nr lint'
alias nrd='nr dev'
alias nrb='nr build'
alias nrs='nr start'
alias nout='na outdated'
alias nrg='nr generate'
alias nrc='nr codegen'
# docker
alias dcu='docker compose up'
alias dcd='docker compose down'
alias dps='docker ps'
alias dpa='docker ps -a'
# deployments
alias vl='vercel ls'
# misc
alias c='open . -a /Applications/Cursor.app'
alias k='kiro .'
alias st='open . -a /Applications/Sourcetree.app'
alias vim='lvim'
alias speedtest='bunx speed-cloudflare-cli'
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