diff --git a/home/git.nix b/home/git.nix
index 532edb6..fdaaebc 100644
--- a/home/git.nix
+++ b/home/git.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
   userEmail,
   ...
 }: {
-  # `programs.git` will generate the config file: ~/.config/git/config
-  # to make git use this config file, `~/.gitconfig` should not exist!
-  #
-  #    https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt---global
   home.activation.removeExistingGitconfig = lib.hm.dag.entryBefore ["checkLinkTargets"] ''
     rm -f ~/.gitconfig
   '';
@@ -30,6 +26,8 @@
 
     aliases = {
       # common aliases
+      a = "add";
+      ap = "add -p";
       br = "branch";
       co = "checkout";
       st = "status -sb";