diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a79ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[alias]
+	co = checkout
+	ci = commit
+	st = status
+	di = diff --color-words
+[color]
+	diff = auto
+	status = auto
+	branch = auto
+[core]
+	pager =
diff --git a/install.pl b/install.pl
index cc32ad1..aa59487 100755
--- a/install.pl
+++ b/install.pl
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ my %links = (
 
 	xmobarrc    => '.xmobarrc',
 	'xmonad.hs' => '.xmonad/xmonad.hs',
+
+	'gitconfig' => '.gitconfig',
 );
 
 for my $file (keys %links) {
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 262aa22..c35bdd0 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ export LESS=' -R'
 
 ( which vim &> /dev/null ) && export EDITOR='vim'
 
-export GIT_PAGER=''
-
 # aliases
 alias cd..='cd ..'