diff --git a/.config/git/config b/.config/git/config
index be54857..a1ec983 100644
--- a/.config/git/config
+++ b/.config/git/config
@@ -112,11 +112,15 @@
 
 	sm = submodule update --init --recursive
 	
+	cme = commit -v --edit --message
 	# yadm
-	add-git = !yadm add $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config $CONFIG_SHELLS/git $HOME/.local/bin/git-*
-	add-vim = !yadm add $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init*
-	add-shell = !yadm add $CONFIG_SHELLS
-	add-bin = !yadm add -u $HOME/.local/bin
+	cgit    = !yadm cme "config/git:"   -- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config $CONFIG_SHELLS/git $HOME/.local/bin/git-*
+	cvim    = !yadm cme "config/nvim:"  -- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init*
+	cshell  = !yadm cme "config/shell:" -- $CONFIG_SHELLS
+	cbin    = !yadm cme "bin:"          -- $HOME/.local/bin
+
+	# data
+	journal = !git cme "notes/journal:" -- $(git root)/2-standards/notes/journal
 
 [filter "lfs"]
 	clean = git-lfs clean -- %f
diff --git a/.config/shell/git b/.config/shell/git
index ebb927a..2849c16 100644
--- a/.config/shell/git
+++ b/.config/shell/git
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ alias g="git"
 alias bfg="java -jar $HOME/daten/applications/bfg-1.13.0.jar"
 alias magit='nvim -c MagitOnly'
 
+alias y='yadm'
+yc() {
+  echo "config/$1:" >/tmp/yc-msg
+  yadm commit -v --template /tmp/yc-msg ${@:2} -- "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$1"
+}
+
 # if in home or under XDG_CONFIG_HOME and not within a git directory, replace git by yadm
 git() {
   case "$1" in
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ gitclone() {
 
 gitfork() {
   builtin cd "$projects_dir/_forks"
-  gitclone github.com "$1" "" "$3" --recurse-submodules
+  gitclone github.com "$1" "" "$3" --recurse-submodules || return $?
   test "$2" && git remote add upstream "$(gitremote github.com "$1" "$2")"
   git remote -v
 }