---
title: "Configure Git to Autocorrect Your Fat Fingers"
description: "If you have ever mistyped a git command very close to an existing one you have likely seen this message."
date: 2022-03-15
published: false
tags:
  - git
  - cli
template: til
---


If you have ever mistyped a git command very close to an existing one
you have likely seen this message.

``` bash
❯ git chekout dev
git: 'chekout' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

The most similar command is
        checkout
```

## Automatically run the right one

What you might not have known is that you can configure git to just run
this command for you.

``` bash
# Gives you 0.1 seconds to respond
git config --global help.autocorrect 1

# Gives you 1 seconds to respond
git config --global help.autocorrect 10

# Gives you 5 seconds to respond
git config --global help.autocorrect 50
```

## Fat Fingers Gone

Now when you typo a git command it will autmatically run after the
configured number of tenths of a second.

``` bash
❯ git chkout get-error
WARNING: You called a Git command named 'chkout', which does not exist.
Continuing in 1.0 seconds, assuming that you meant 'checkout'.
M       pages/blog/how-i-deploy-2021.md
M       pages/hot_tips/001.md
M       pages/templates/gratitude_card.html
M       plugins/index.py
M       plugins/publish_amp.py
M       plugins/render_template_variables.py
M       plugins/youtube.py
M       requirements.txt
M       static/index.html
Switched to branch 'get-error'
```

## My config

I'm rocking 10 for now just to see how I feel about it, but honestly I
cannot think of a time that I have seen the original warning that was
not what I wanted.  This at least gives me some time to respond if I am
unsure.

``` bash
git config --global help.autocorrect 10
```