How do I alias commands in git?

Question

I saw a screencast where someone had gotten

git st

git ci

to work. When I do it I get an error asking me if I meant something else.

Being a git newb, I need to know what you have to do to get this done?

Answer 1

Just add these lines to ~/.gitconfig

[alias]

    st = status

    ci = commit -v

You can also run the git config alias command:

$ git config --global alias.st status 

Note: On unix, use single quotes if the alias has a space:

$ git config --global alias.ci 'commit -v'