{
  lib,
  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
  '';

  programs.git = {
    enable = true;
    userName = "Wyatt J. Miller";
    userEmail = userEmail;

    extraConfig = {
      init.defaultBranch = "master";
      push.autoSetupRemote = true;
      pull.rebase = true;
    };

    ignores = [
      ".DS_Store"
      ".direnv"
      ".idea"
    ];

    aliases = {
      # common aliases
      br = "branch";
      co = "checkout";
      st = "status";
      ls = "log --pretty=format:\"%C(yellow)%h%Cred%d\\\\ %Creset%s%Cblue\\\\ [%cn]\" --decorate";
      ll = "log --pretty=format:\"%C(yellow)%h%Cred%d\\\\ %Creset%s%Cblue\\\\ [%cn]\" --decorate --numstat";
      cm = "commit -m";
      ca = "commit -am";
      dc = "diff --cached";
      amend = "commit --amend -m";

      # aliases for submodule
      update = "submodule update --init --recursive";
      foreach = "submodule foreach";
    };
  };
}