diff --git a/git.nix b/git.nix
index 5e8093e..8f6e0ca 100644
--- a/git.nix
+++ b/git.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,41 @@
     delta.enable = true;
     extraConfig = {
       init.defaultBranch = "main";
+      push.default = "current";
+      color.ui = "auto";
+      alias = {
+        aa = "add --all";
+        ap = "add --patch";
+        branches = ''for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format=\"%(color:blue)%(authordate:relative)\t%(color:red)%(authorname)\t%(color:white)%(color:bold)%(refname:short)\" refs/remotes'';
+        ci = "commit -v";
+        co = "checkout";
+        pf = "push --force-with-lease";
+        st = "status";
+      };
+      core = {
+        excludesfile = "~/.gitignore";
+        autocrlf = "input";
+      };
+      merge = {
+        ff = "only";
+        conflictstyle = "diff3";
+      };
+      fetch.prune = true;
+      rebase.autosquash = true;
+      diff.colorMoved = "default";
+      delta = {
+        navigate = true;
+        light = false;
+      };
+      sendemail = {
+        smtpserver = "smtp.fastmail.com";
+        smtpuser = "nora@nora.codes";
+        smtpencryption = "ssl";
+        smtpserverport = "465";
+        smtppass = "c75fkegmmwlndhnz";
+      };
     };
   };
+
+  home.file.".gitignore".source = ./rcfiles/gitignore;
 }
diff --git a/rcfiles/gitignore b/rcfiles/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9c9b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rcfiles/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+*.pyc
+*.sw[nop]
+.DS_Store
+.bundle
+.byebug_history
+.env
+.git/
+/bower_components/
+/log
+/node_modules/
+/tmp
+/vendor
+db/*.sqlite3
+log/*.log
+rerun.txt
+tmp/**/*
+/tags