diff --git a/.config/dotfiles/gitignore b/.config/dotfiles/gitignore
index 67dc90f..624fd84 100644
--- a/.config/dotfiles/gitignore
+++ b/.config/dotfiles/gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 !/.config/zsh/alias/buildah.zsh
 !/.config/zsh/alias/diff.zsh
 !/.config/zsh/alias/directories.zsh
+!/.config/zsh/alias/git.zsh
 !/.config/zsh/alias/gpg.zsh
 !/.config/zsh/alias/grep.zsh
 !/.config/zsh/alias/history.zsh
diff --git a/.config/zsh/alias/git.zsh b/.config/zsh/alias/git.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8c2ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/zsh/alias/git.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+git-dir-usage() {
+    local d x p
+    d=$(__z_git rev-parse --git-dir) || return $?
+    x=$(__z_git rev-parse --path-format=absolute 2>/dev/null)
+    if [ -n "$x" ] ; then
+        ## older git version which does not support "--path-format=absolute"
+        :
+    else
+        d=$(__z_git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-dir)
+    fi
+    case "$d" in
+    */* ) p=${d%/*} ; d=${d##*/} ;;
+    esac
+    ## ${p:+ env -C "$p" } du -cd2 "$d"
+    if [ -n "$p" ] ; then
+        env -C "$p" du -cd2 "$d"
+    else
+        du -cd2 "$d"
+    fi | grep -Ev '^[0-9]\s' | sort -Vk2
+}
+
+git-gc() {
+    git-dir-usage || return $?
+    echo
+    idle git gc "$@"
+    echo
+    git-dir-usage
+}
+
+git-gc-force() {
+    git-gc --aggressive --force
+}
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