When you use git often, it is helpful to implement some aliases for frequent commands. Git has config options to allow for shortening commands or allowing you to use a simple command instead of a line of text that is difficult to remember.
Some simple shortcuts:
To make checkout shorter
git config --global alias.co checkout
This will allow you to just type:
git co
To make status shorter:
git config --global alias.st status
This will let you see the log with branch indicators and a graph of the branches:
git config --global alias.mylog "log --pretty=format:'%h %s [%an]' --graph"
This is similar to the mylog alias but is useful on a color terminal as it will highlight useful items in the comments:
git config --global alias.lol "log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit ==all"
The results will be the following lines in your .gitconfig file:
[alias]
st = status
co = checkout
mylog = log --pretty=format:'%h %s [%an]' --graph
lol = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
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