Free Small Shortcuts That Made My Git Workflow Easier 2025

A tiny tool that installs 27+ Git aliases with one command — saving time, reducing friction, and keeping your focus on coding.

Now multiply that by 20–30 times a day. That’s hundreds of unnecessary keystrokes — every single day.

And this is just one of many flows we repeat automatically.

After seeing a colleague using Git aliases inside .zshrc, I wanted something easier, cleaner, and consistent across multiple machines.

So I built git-alias-flow — an npm package that installs 27+ useful Git aliases directly into Git itself.

No OS-specific config files. No manual setup. Just one command.

Done. All aliases installed, ready to use anywhere.

Because aliases live inside Git itself, Windows/macOS/Linux behave exactly the same.

Then aliases stop being shortcuts. They become part of your muscle memory.

So I built git-alias-flow to solve my own problem. Now, on any machine, I run:

Source: Dev.to