These settings reflecting my Git-environment. It a result of reading and trying several ideas of input from others.

Must-Haves

Aliases

[alias]
	ci = commit
	st = status
	co = checkout
	oneline = log --pretty=oneline
	br = branch
	la = log --pretty=\"format:%ad %h (%an): %s\" --date=short
	df = diff
	dc = diff --cached
	lg = log -p
	lol = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
	lola = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
	ls = ls-files
	ign = ls-files -o -i --exclude-standard

Colors

[color]
	ui = auto
[color "branch"]
	current = yellow reverse
	local = yellow
	remote = green
[color "diff"]
	meta = yellow bold
	frag = magenta bold
	old = red bold
	new = green bold
	whitespace = red reverse
[color "status"]
	added = green
	changed = red
	untracked = cyan

Core

[core]
	autocrlf = true
	excludesfile = c:/Users/<user>/.gitignore
	editor = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession –noPlugin

Nice to have

Merge and Diff

[merge]
	tool = kdiff3
[mergetool "kdiff3"]
	path = c:/Program Files (x86)/KDiff3/kdiff3.exe
[mergetool "p4merge"]
	path = c:/Program Files (x86)/Perforce Merge/p4merge.exe
	cmd = p4merge \"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$MERGED\"
	keepTemporaries = false
	trustExitCode = false
	keepBackup = false
[diff]
	guitool = kdiff3
[difftool "kdiff3"]
	path = c:/Program Files (x86)/KDiff3/kdiff3.exe
[difftool "p4merge"]
	path = C:/Users/<user>/My Applications/Perforce Merge/p4merge.exe
	cmd = \"p4merge.exe $LOCAL $REMOTE\"

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