Auto-correct git spelling mistakes
Kyle Chilcutt
Posted on May 14, 2019
I use git a lot for both work and personal projects, which means I type a lot of commands each day. git has a built-in spelling auto-correct system for when you’re not quite having the most precise day.
tl;dr auto-correct git spelling mistakes
$ git config --global help.autoCorrect 1
This turns this:
To this:
$ git config --global help.autoCorrect 1
The argument is the number of deciseconds (0.1 sec) to wait before correcting and executing a command and 1 is the shortest possible delay. If only a single option is found it will be executed, if multiple commands could be possible, it will error and ask you to try again:
Combined with a handful of bash aliases for the ways I commonly misspell git and there’s a chance I can get some stuff done without that extra cup of coffee.
$ alias gi='git'
$ alias gti='git'
$ alias gits='git'
I probably accidentally use this git config more than any other…
Posted on May 14, 2019
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