# list files
#  -l = Long format (one line per file)
#  -i = Display inode (hardlink reference)
#  -F = Display type hints (/ after dir, * after exec, @ after symlink)
#  -G = Display colors if available
#  -h = Display human-friendly file sizes
alias ls='ls -liFGh'

# list all files - same as `ls` above, but with the `-a` flag... which means:
#  -a = All files (include .files)
alias lsa='ls -liaFGh'

# load App::cpanminus into the current perl installation - a common first step
# I take after creating a new perl lib
alias gcpm='curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus'

# fix a common error I make - open a file with vim using :e
alias ':e'='vim'

# load site-specific aliases from either the root of this repository's
# site/aliases.sh file (ignored by git) or in ~/.site_aliases (or both!)
[ -s $RCDIR/site/aliases.sh ] && source $RCDIR/site/aliases.sh
[ -s $HOME/.site_aliases    ] && source $HOME/.site_aliases

# list files
#  -l = Long format (one line per file)
#  -i = Display inode (hardlink reference)
#  -a = All files (include .files)
#  -F = Display type hints (/ after dir, * after exec, @ after symlink)
#  -G = Display colors if available
#  -h = Display human-friendly file sizes
alias ls='ls -liaFGh'

# load App::cpanminus into the current perl installation - a common first step
# I take after creating a new perl lib
alias gcpm='curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus'

# fix a common error I make - open a file with vim using :e
alias ':e'='vim'

# load site-specific aliases from either the root of this repository's
# site/aliases.sh file (ignored by git) or in ~/.site_aliases (or both!)
[ -s $RCDIR/site/aliases.sh ] && source $RCDIR/site/aliases.sh
[ -s $HOME/.site_aliases    ] && source $HOME/.site_aliases

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 # list files
 #  -l = Long format (one line per file)
 #  -i = Display inode (hardlink reference)
+#  -a = All files (include .files)
 #  -F = Display type hints (/ after dir, * after exec, @ after symlink)
 #  -G = Display colors if available
 #  -h = Display human-friendly file sizes
-alias ls='ls -liFGh'
-
-# list all files - same as `ls` above, but with the `-a` flag... which means:
-#  -a = All files (include .files)
-alias lsa='ls -liaFGh'
+alias ls='ls -liaFGh'
 
 # load App::cpanminus into the current perl installation - a common first step
 # I take after creating a new perl lib
Add `lsa` alias, make `ls` not list all files

I recently have found myself more and more writing `\ls` with a custom
set of flags, just to strip out the dot files that show up in the
listing, so I've gone ahead and made it two separate command aliases.
This way, it's fairly easy to add the hidden files back in, but they
aren't there by default.
