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Expressions

Expression	Example	Description
!!	sudo !!	Last command (sudo !!)
!*	vim !*	Last command’s parameters (vim !*)
!^		Last command’s first parameter
!$		Last command’s last parameter
!?ls <tab>	sudo !?mv <tab>	Command and params of last ls command
!?ls?:* <tab>		Params of last ls command
*(m0)	rm *(m0)	Last modified today
*(m-4)		Last modified <4 days ago

Process Substitution

Expression	Example	Description
<(COMMAND)	grep "needle" <(curl "https://haystack.io")	Replace argument with named pipe/FIFO (read-only) with command output
=(COMMAND)	vim =(curl "https://haystack.io")	Replace argument with file (writable) containing command output

Tab Completion

Provides helpful explanations for options and what they do.
ls -(tab)
cap (tab)
rake (tab)
ssh (tab)
sudo umount (tab)
kill (tab)
unrar (tab)

Utilities

Expression	Example	Description
get	get https://zimfw.sh/install.zsh	Downloads the specified file using aria2c, axel,  wget, or curl.
mkcd	mkcd ~/Projects	Creates and changes to the given directory.
mkpw	mkpw 32 0-9A-Za-z	Generates a random password with the given length and set of characters.

ls

Expression	Description
ls	lists directories first (GNU only) and with colour (applies to all aliases below).
ll	lists with long format and human-readable sizes (applies to all aliases below).
l	lists all files.
lm	lists all files using pager.
lr	lists recursively.
lx	lists sorted by extension (GNU only).
lk	lists sorted by largest file size last.
lt	lists sorted by newest modification time last.
lc	lists sorted by newest status change (ctime) last.

Archives (requires module)

Expression	Example	Description
archive	archive myarchive.tar.gz /path/to/archive	Generate an archive based on file extension
unarchive	unarchive myarchive.7z	Unarchive files based on file extension

Git

Expression	Description
G	short for git.

Branch

Expression	Description
Gb	lists, creates, renames, and deletes branches.
Gbc	creates a new branch.
Gbl	lists branches and their commits.
GbL	lists local and remote branches and their commits.
Gbm	renames a branch.
GbM	renames a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
Gbs	lists branches and their commits with ancestry graphs.
GbS	lists local and remote branches and their commits with ancestry graphs.
Gbx	deletes a branch.
GbX	deletes a branch irrespective of its merged status.

Commit

Expression	Description
Gc	records changes to the repository.
Gca	commits all modified and deleted files.
GcA	commits all modified and deleted files interactivly.
Gcm	commits with the given message.
Gco	checks out a branch or paths to the working tree.
GcO	checks out hunks from the index or the tree interactively.
Gcf	amends the tip of the current branch reusing the same log message as HEAD.
GcF	amends the tip of the current branch.
Gcp	applies changes introduced by existing commits.
GcP	applies changes introduced by existing commits without committing.
Gcr	reverts existing commits by reverting patches and recording new commits.
GcR	removes the HEAD commit.
Gcs	shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits).
GcS	commits with GPG signature.
Gcu	commits with fixup message using given commit.
GcU	commits with squash message using given commit.
Gcv	verifies the GPG signature of commits.

Conflict

Expression	Description
GCl	lists unmerged files.
GCa	adds unmerged file contents to the index.
GCe	executes merge-tool on all unmerged files.
GCo	checks out our changes for unmerged paths.
GCO	checks out our changes for all unmerged paths.
GCt	checks out their changes for unmerged paths.
GCT	checks out their changes for all unmerged paths.

Data

Expression	Description
Gd	displays information about files in the index and the work tree.
Gdc	lists cached files.
Gdx	lists deleted files.
Gdm	lists modified files.
Gdu	lists untracked files.
Gdk	lists killed files.
Gdi	lists ignored files.

Fetch

Expression	Description
Gf	downloads objects and references from another repository.
Gfc	clones a repository into a new directory.
Gfm	fetches from and merges with another repository or local branch.
Gfr	fetches from and rebases on top of another repository or local branch.
Gfu	removes unexisting remote-tracking references, fetches all remotes and merges.

Grep

Expression	Description
Gg	displays lines matching a pattern.
Ggi	displays lines matching a pattern ignoring case.
Ggl	lists files matching a pattern.
GgL	lists files that are not matching a pattern.
Ggv	displays lines not matching a pattern.
Ggw	displays lines matching a pattern at word boundary.

Index

Expression	Description
Gia	adds file contents to the index.
GiA	adds file contents to the index interactively.
Giu	adds file contents to the index (updates only known files).
Gid	displays changes between the index and a named commit (diff).
GiD	displays changes between the index and a named commit (word diff).
Gir	resets the current HEAD to the specified state.
GiR	resets the current index interactively.
Gix	removes files from the index (recursively).
GiX	removes files from the index (recursively and forced).

Log

Expression	Description
Gl	displays the log.
Gls	displays the stats log.
Gld	displays the diff log.
Glf	displays the diff log of a given file, continuing beyond renames.
Glo	displays the one line log.
GlO	displays the one line log with authors and dates.
Glg	displays the graph log.
GlG	displays the graph log with authors and dates.
Glv	displays the log, verifying the GPG signature of commits.
Glc	displays the commit count for each contributor in descending order.
Glr	manages reflog information.

Merge

Expression	Description
Gm	joins two or more development histories together.
Gma	aborts the conflict resolution, and reconstructs the pre-merge state.
GmC	performs the merge but does not commit.
GmF	creates a merge commit even if the merge could be resolved as a fast-forward.
GmS	performs the merge and GPG-signs the resulting commit.
Gmv	verifies the GPG signature of the tip commit of the side branch being merged.
Gmt	runs the merge conflict resolution tools to resolve conflicts.

Push

Expression	Description
Gp	updates remote refs along with associated objects.
Gpf	forces a push safely (with "lease").
GpF	forces a push.
Gpa	pushes all branches.
GpA	pushes all branches and tags.
Gpt	pushes all tags.
Gpc	pushes the current branch and adds origin as an upstream reference for it.
Gpp	pulls and pushes the current branch from origin to origin.

Rebase

Expression	Description
Gr	forward-ports local commits to the updated upstream head.
Gra	aborts the rebase.
Grc	continues the rebase after merge conflicts are resolved.
Gri	makes a list of commits to be rebased and opens the editor.
Grs	skips the current patch.
GrS	rebases and GPG-signs the commits.

Remote

Expression	Description
GR	manages tracked repositories.
GRl	lists remote names and their URLs.
GRa	adds a new remote.
GRx	removes a remote.
GRm	renames a remote.
GRu	fetches remotes updates.
GRp	prunes all stale remote tracking branches.
GRs	shows information about a given remote.
GRS	changes URLs for a remote.

Stash

Expression	Description
Gs	stashes the changes of the dirty working directory.
Gsa	applies the changes recorded in a stash to the working directory.
Gsx	drops a stashed state.
GsX	drops all the stashed states.
Gsl	lists stashed states.
Gsd	displays changes between the stash and its original parent.
Gsp	removes and applies a single stashed state from the stash list.
Gsr	recovers a given stashed state.
Gss	stashes the working directory changes, including untracked files.
GsS	stashes the working directory changes interactively.
Gsw	stashes the working directory changes retaining the index.
Gsu	unapplies (reverts) applied changes.

Submodule

Expression	Description
GS	initializes, updates, or inspects submodules.
GSa	adds given a repository as a submodule.
GSf	evaluates a shell command in each of checked out submodules.
GSi	initializes submodules.
GSI	initializes and clones submodules recursively.
GSl	lists the commits of all submodules.
GSm	moves a submodule.
GSs	synchronizes remote URL of submodules to the value specified in .gitmodules.
GSu	fetches and merges the latest remote changes for all submodules.
GSx	removes a submodule.

Tag

Expression	Description
Gt	creates, lists, deletes or verifies a tag object signed with GPG.
Gts	creates a GPG-signed tag.
Gtv	verifies the GPG signature of tags.
Gtx	deletes tags with given names.

Working Tree

Expression	Description
Gws	displays working-tree status in the short format.
GwS	displays working-tree status.
Gwd	displays changes between the working tree and the index (diff).
GwD	displays changes between the working tree and the index (word diff).
Gwr	resets the current HEAD to the specified state, does not touch the index nor the working tree.
GwR	resets the current HEAD, index and working tree to the specified state.
Gwc	cleans untracked files from the working tree (dry-run).
GwC	cleans untracked files from the working tree.
Gwm	moves or renames files.
GwM	moves or renames files (forced).
Gwx	removes files from the working tree and from the index (recursively).
GwX	removes files from the working tree and from the index (recursively and forced).

Misc

Expression	Description
G..	changes the current directory to the top level of the working tree.
G?	looks up the aliases defined here (short for git-alias-lookup).

Homebrew (requires module)

Expression	Description
brewc	cleans the cache.
brewC	scrubs the cache, including downloads for the latest versions.
brewd	checks your system for potential problems.
brewe	edits given formula.
brewi	shows information about given formula.
brewI	installs given formula.
brewl	lists installed formulae.
brewL	lists installed formulae that don't depend on other installed formula.
brewo	lists outdated installed formulae.
brewr	reinstalls given formula.
brews	performs a search of formula names.
brewS	manages background services with macOS' launchctl daemon manager.
brewu	updates Homebrew and all formulae.
brewU	upgrades outdated and unpinned formulae.
brewx	uninstalls a given formula.
brewX	deletes all installed versions of given formula.

Homebrew cask

Expression	Description
cask	is short for brew cask.
caske	edits given cask.
caski	shows information about given cask.
caskI	installs given cask.
caskl	lists installed casks.
casko	lists outdated installed casks.
caskr	reinstalls given cask.
casks	performs a search of cask tokens.
caskU	upgrades given cask or all outdated casks, if none given.
caskx	uninstalls given cask.
caskX	uninstalls even if given cask does not appear to be present.
caskz	zaps all files associated with given cask.

Pacman (requires module)

Expression	Description
pacb	build package in the current directory, cleanup, and install.
paci	install, sync, and upgrade packages.
pacu	install, sync, and upgrade packages (forcibly refresh package list).
pacU	install packages from pkg file.
pacd	install all packages in current directory.
pacr	remove package and unneeded dependencies.
pacrm	remove package, unneded dependencies, and configuration files.
pacq	query package information from remote repository
pacQ	query package information from local repository
pacs	search for package in the remote repository
pacS	search for package in the local repository
pacol	list orphan packages
pacor	remove all orphan packages
pacown	list all files provided by a given package
pacblame	show package(s) that own a specified file

aur helpers

Expression	Example	Description
aurb	aurb package_name	clone the package from the AUR, build, and install.
aurd	aurd package_name	clone the package from the AUR, but do not build.
auru	auru	run inside a directory created with aurb, this will update, build, and install a package.