Template for git config files

git.config

#
# About line endings on windows:
# https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/
#


[user]
        name = John Doe
        email = [email protected]

[core]
        autocrlf = true 

[alias]
        st = status
        type = cat-file -t
        dump = cat-file -p
        hist = log --graph --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h%Creset - %C(bold blue)%an%Creset, %Cgreen%ar%Creset : %s' --abbrev-commit
        find = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h %Cgreen%s' --all --grep
        co = checkout
        mydiff = difftool --dir-diff
        alias-show = config --get-regexp alias
        df = difftool --dir-diff

[push]
        default = simple

[credential]
        helper = wincred
        
#
# About diff on BC3
# git difftool  file.txt  -- lunch BC3 for diff on file. No file will lunch a BC3 window per file
# git difftool --dir-dif  -- lunch BC3 for diff on all file as directory difference
# Dir-Dif only works with Bcompare.exe not Bcomp.exe as explained here:
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13310995/git-difftool-dir-diff-is-not-creating-temp-files-for-beyond-compare-3-to-use
#
[diff]
        tool = bc3
[difftool]
        prompt = false
[difftool "bc3"]
        cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Beyond Compare 3/BCompare.exe' \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\"
[difftool "bcomp"]
        cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Beyond Compare 3/BComp.exe' \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\"
[mergetool "bcomp"]
        cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Beyond Compare 3/BComp.exe' \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$BASE\" \"$MERGED\"
        trustExitCode = true