diff --git a/oscar/configuration.nix b/oscar/configuration.nix
index 84b712a..ae54b4e 100644
--- a/oscar/configuration.nix
+++ b/oscar/configuration.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
     home.packages = with pkgs; [
       firefox
       kate
-      git
       prismlauncher
       libreoffice-qt
 
@@ -119,6 +118,37 @@
       ];
     };
 
+    programs.git = {
+      enable = true;
+      userEmail = "chandler@chandlerswift.com";
+      userName = "Chandler Swift";
+      lfs.enable = true;
+      # TODO: delta or diff-so-fancy or difftastic
+      extraConfig = {
+        init.defaultBranch = "main";
+        pull.ff = "only";
+        #init.templatedir = "~/.git-template"; # unsure what this was intended to do -- default hooks, maybe?
+        #TODO: smtp gives some error. Why? Also, do I need a password?
+        # smtpserver = "smtp.migadu.com";
+        # smtpuser = "chandler@chandlerswift.com";
+        # smtpencryption = "tls";
+        # smtpserverport = 587;
+        url."https://aur.archlinux.org/".insteadOf = "aur:";
+        url."ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/".pushInsteadOf = "aur:";
+        url."ssh://git@github.com/ChandlerSwift/".insteadOf = "gh:";
+        push.autoSetupRemote = true;
+      };
+      ignores = [
+        "*.kate-swp"
+        "*.swp"
+        "*~"
+        "\\#*\\#"
+        "venv"
+      ];
+      signing.signByDefault = true;
+      signing.key = null; # "let GnuPG decide what signing key to use depending on commit's author"
+    };
+
     home.stateVersion = "23.11";
   };