Mac specific optimizations in ~/.gitconfig

Question

I read that discussion about the content of "~/.gitconfig" on Linux: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267761/what-does-your-gitconfig-contain

I know some Mac specific optimizations, such as using "mate" as default editor:

[core]
    editor = mate -w

or using opendiff as diff editor:

[diff]
    external = opendiff

Do you know other Mac specific optimizations (and/or tools) that I could install/configure in "~/.gitconfig" file in order to get a very user-friendly git?

Answer 1

I prefer to keep the default diff command internal, for quick summaries at the terminal, and access the more advanced diff programs (I use MacVim) using the difftool commmand. I describe the set up procedure here. The Mac-specific part is in my wrapper script, where I facultatively launch MacVim if it is available, then default to regular Vim. You can adapt to use TextMate, of course, if that is your preference.