Initial commit of very basic dotfiles

.gitconfig

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+[pretty]
+	concise = %C(yellow)%h%C(reset) %s %C(bold black)(%an, %ar)%C(reset)%C(bold blue)%d%C(reset)
+
+[alias]
+	# When doing "git git log" or some such, do not complain about "git" not
+	# being a valid Git command. This happens when copy-pasting examples, for
+	# instance.
+	git = !git
+
+	# Show a concise status of the working directory, along with the branch
+	# and the number of commits behind and/or ahead.
+	st = status --short --branch
+
+	# Quickly push to the most common destination.
+	pom = push origin master
+
+	# Quickly push to the origin
+	po = push origin
+
+	# Quickly pull from the origin
+	pu = pull origin
+
+	# I know "pum" could just as well stand for "PUsh" instead of "PUll", but
+	# I am so used to "git pom" that "git pum" feels like a natural
+	# counterpart. I always try to rebase to prevent unnecessary merge
+	# commits.
+	pum = pull --rebase origin master
+
+	# Show the staged changes.
+	dc = diff --cached
+
+	# Commit
+	ci = commit
+
+	# Like "git show myfile", but uses the last commit that changed "myfile".
+	sl = log -n 1 -p
+
+	# Switch branches, creating them if necessary. I want to unlearn using
+	# "git checkout" for switching between branches because of the possible
+	# dataloss when not paying attention. (You could see the PEBKAC, but I
+	# could reply with another four letter acronym, slightly resembling TOFU.)
+	#
+	# Suppose I have modified a file named "password" and have two branches,
+	# "password-expiry-mechanism" and "password-reset-mail". If I want to
+	# switch to either branch, I would type "git checkout pass<Tab><Enter>",
+	# but the autocomplete would stop at "git checkout password" because of
+	# the ambiguity. Because I press <Enter> without really thinking, I have
+	# now reset my "password" file. With "git go pass<Tab><Enter>", I would
+	# simply have created a new branch called "password". (I would be forced
+	# to use "--" to separate paths from banch names, which is a Good Thing™.)
+	cob = checkout -B
+	co = checkout
+
+	# Make life easier, we only need git aa to add/remove git files
+	aa = add --all
+
+	# Show pretty log
+	ll = !git pgl --all
+
+	# Show only 20 git log items
+	l = !git pgl -20
+
+	# Show a git log with detailed log information.
+	pgl = "!source ~/.githelpers && pretty_git_log"
+
+
+[core]
+	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
+	autocrlf = input
+	safecrlf = true
+
+[color]
+	ui = true
+
+[merge]
+	tool = vimdiff