My general purpose git settings.

.gitconfig

[user]
	name = Smith Milner
	email = smithmilner@gmail.com
# download this file in your home directory and rename it .gitconfig
[branch]  
  autosetuprebase = always
[color]
  ui = auto
[color "status"]
  added = green
  changed = red bold
  untracked = magenta bold
  branch = green bold
[color "branch"]
  current = green bold
  local = yellow
  remote = red bold
[color "diff"]
  meta = yellow bold
  frag = magenta bold
  old = red bold
  new = green bold
  whitespace = red reverse

[core]
  whitespace=fix,-indent-with-non-tab,-indent-with-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol
  editor = vi
[alias]
  co = checkout
  unstage = reset HEAD
  mylog = log --author="smithmilner" --since="6am" --stat
  flog = log --stat
  mylogall = log --author="smithmilner" --stat
  df = !git diff --no-prefix && git diff --staged --no-prefix
  dmdf = diff --no-prefix --relative
  clear = reset --hard
  st = status
  lol = log --graph --decorate --oneline
  lola = log --graph --decorate --oneline --all
  lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit
  search = log -S
  b-in = branch -a --contains

  # set files as assume unchanging (hiding changes)
  hide = update-index --assume-unchanged
  nohide = update-index --no-assume-unchanged

  # show assumptions
  hidden = "!git ls-files -v | grep ^h | cut -c 3-"
  nohide-all = "!git hidden | xargs git update-index --no-assume-unchanged"

  # list aliases
  la = "!git config -l | grep alias | cut -c 7-"

  # list local branches sorted by last modified
  b = "!git for-each-ref --sort='-authordate' --format='%(authordate)%09%(objectname:short)%09%(authorname)%09%(refname)' refs/heads | sed -e 's-refs/heads/--'"
[github]
  user = smithmilner
  token = 2b783ca7a31dfec457f0b2103c2a00e0

[url "ssh://git@git.drupal.org/project/"]
  insteadOf = "drupal:"
[url "ssh://git@git.drupal.org/sandbox/"]
  insteadOf = "drupalsand:"
[rerere]
  enabled = 1