How to List Git aliases

In Git, listing all aliases is a straightforward process. We can achieve this by using the git config command. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Open the terminal: First, open your command-line tool, such as Terminal (on Mac and Linux systems) or CMD/PowerShell (on Windows systems).

2. Enter the command to list aliases: In the command line, input the following command:

bash
 git config --get-regexp alias

This command displays all aliases configured in the Git settings. The --get-regexp option allows Git to show all configuration items matching the specified regular expression. Since all alias configurations start with alias., this command will list all aliases.

1. View the output: After executing the above command, you will see output in the terminal similar to the following, which is your list of Git aliases:

shell
alias.co checkout
alias.br branch
alias.ci commit
alias.st status

Each line shows an alias and its corresponding Git command. For example, alias.co checkout means you can use git co instead of git checkout.

Example

Suppose you frequently need to view remote changes. You can set an alias named rp to replace git remote update && git status -uno, so that whenever you need to update and check the status, you only need to type git rp. The command to set this alias is:

bash
 git config --global alias.rp 'remote update && status -uno'

After that, you can confirm that the rp alias has been successfully added by using the previously mentioned git config --get-regexp alias command. When you run this command, you should see alias.rp remote update && status -uno in the list.

In this way, Git aliases help simplify complex commands and improve your development efficiency.