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That means the Git status is normal. As soon as you start editing a file, the status changes to modified and the icon overlay then changes to a red exclamation mark. That way you can easily see which files were changed since you last updated your working tree and need to be committed.
Git aliases are a powerful workflow tool that create shortcuts to frequently used Git commands. Using Git aliases will make you a faster and more efficient developer. Aliases can be used to wrap a sequence of Git commands into new faux Git command.
The git config command is a convenience function that is used to set Git configuration values on a global or local project level. These configuration levels correspond to . gitconfig text files. Executing git config will modify a configuration text file.
Start a new branch. gitconfig file and add each alias under [alias], like so: Additionally, you can have repo-specific aliases. Just edit . git/config in the repo where you want to add the alias, and follow the same syntax.
From the git-config manual:
If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, it will be treated as a shell command.
From https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases
However, maybe you want to run an external command, rather than a Git subcommand. In that case, you start the command with a ! character
So if you only want to use git subcommand, you don't need to use ! here.
But if you want to use git command/external command, then you need !.
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