Install git

    $ sudo apt-get install git-core

User settings

    $ git config --global user.name "Dwayne R. Crooks"
    $ git config --global user.email "me@dwaynecrooks.com"

Core settings

    $ git config --global core.editor nano
    $ git config --global core.excludesfile $HOME/.gitignore_global

Other settings

    $ git config --global color.ui true

Useful aliases

Add to `.gitconfig`

    [alias]
      co = checkout
      ci = commit
      st = status
      br = branch
      hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
      type = cat-file -t
      dump = cat-file -p

Add to `.bashrc`

    alias gs='git status '
    alias ga='git add '
    alias gb='git branch '
    alias gc='git commit '
    alias gd='git diff '
    alias go='git checkout '