How can I commit/push a git alias (in .git/config)?

Question

I can't find a way to push the alias.* settings in .git/config on to my remote repo. Is there away to do this.

I don't want to make a global alias because some of the alias is specific for each repo and then we have to maintain all the alias manual on each machine.

Answer 1

You cannot: a config is never exported (for security reason)

You can version your .git/config as a regular file (by copying in your working tree and adding it to the index, and committing it).
But you need to add a README asking the user to review its content, and symlink that to your local .git/config.

You could find a more detailed process (to version a config file) in:

• "Using conditional configuration files with Git"
• "Storing git config as part of the repository" (using an include procedure)