diff --git a/config/.bashrc.aliases b/config/.bashrc.aliases
index 43dd533..0dfb712 100644
--- a/config/.bashrc.aliases
+++ b/config/.bashrc.aliases
@@ -189,3 +189,4 @@ alias new_parrot_optimize="make realclean; perl Configure.pl --ccflags=-g --opti
 alias new_system_parrot="make realclean; perl Configure.pl --ccflags=-g --optimize && nice -n20 make -j4"
 
 alias psh="perl tools/dev/parrot_shell.pl"
+alias j=jobs
diff --git a/config/.gitconfig b/config/.gitconfig
index 60d17f0..56d7e29 100644
--- a/config/.gitconfig
+++ b/config/.gitconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     date = local
 
 [apply]
-    whitespace = strip
+    # whitespace = strip
 
 [diff]
    rename = copy