diff --git a/dotfiles/aliases b/dotfiles/aliases
index fa805b1..d396e9f 100755
--- a/dotfiles/aliases
+++ b/dotfiles/aliases
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ alias dircount="for d in * ; do find \$d -type d | wc -l | tr -d '\n' ; echo ' '
 alias drop_caches="echo 3 | sudo /usr/bin/tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
 
 # dump acpi temperature
-alias temp='printf "%02.2f\n" "$(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)e-3"'
+alias gettemp='printf "%02.2f\n" "$(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)e-3"'
+
+# get git working directory
+alias gitroot="git rev-parse --git-toplevel"