diff --git a/rcfiles/zshrc b/rcfiles/zshrc
index 91993b5..907a5b3 100644
--- a/rcfiles/zshrc
+++ b/rcfiles/zshrc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function current_dir() {
     else
         current_dir=${current_dir##*/}
     fi
-    
+
     echo $current_dir
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ if [[ -n $ZELLIJ ]]; then
     add-zsh-hook preexec set_tab_to_command_line
 fi
 
+# git aliases
+
+function git_aliases() {
+    echo "git aliases:"
+    echo "\tgs:    status -sb"
+    echo "\tgl:    log --oneline"
+    echo "\tglast: log -1 HEAD --stat"
+    echo "\tgds:   diff --staged"
+}
+
+alias gs="git status -sb"
+alias gl="git log --oneline"
+alias glast="git log -1 HEAD --stat"
+alias gds="git diff --staged"
+
 # load Cargo
 if [ -f "$HOME/.cargo/env" ]; then
 	. "$HOME/.cargo/env"