Git is a popular version control system.

Tricks

Writing a Git Commit Message

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• Concise and consistent length and form

• Communicate clear context about a change to fellow developers. Ensure that other developers understand why a change was made.

Rules

• Separate subject from body with a blank line if the body is to be used.

• Limit subject line to 50 characters

• Capitalize subject line

• Do not end with period

• Use imperative mood; I 'do' this. Rationale: If applied, the commit will change these aspects of the code. Git's own built-in conventions use this form.

• Wrap at 72 characters

• Use the body to explain 'what' and 'why' as necessary

Repositories

• GitHub :: I use this; Microsoft is bad but the community is good

• Sourcehut :: Minimal free software repository. I would use this if the developer weren't an egotistical BDFL.

• Gitea :: Open source git repository; self host it

Organization Thoughts

github organization:

• one repo per course - as most courses require partner work

= repo for coding challenge practice problems

• managing research notes: ??? i am thinking a single org file for all of this

• - that is, an org file in each project for the research notes pertaining to that project,

• - and anotherorg file for misc. research ?? i will have to see how my research is used

https://danieltakeshi.github.io/2017/07/15/how-i-organize-my-github-repositories/

Rewriting

It's a good idea to reformat commits to make them more readable.

git reset HEAD~${number of commits to go back}

Tricks

http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/how_to_publish_git_repos_that_cannot_be_republished_to_github/ :: cheeky way to abuse DMCA to avoid GitHub using your Git repos https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-10-29-how-mailing-lists-prevent-censorship/ using the mailing list model over the built-in issue model, and how this naturally federated and local first procedure is superior to github's standard issue approach https://sagegerard.com/git-debugging.html: use git bisect while referencing maintainers of specific parts of code to narrow down to the code you should care about, then ask the maintainers about it - while putting in a minimum of effort. https://labs.consol.de/development/git/2017/02/22/gitignore.html using .gitignore the right way

Patch previous commits with rebases

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9103396/how-do-i-edit-a-previous-git-commit If you need to change commit history:

• Make another commit to make the change

• Rebase starting at the commit you want to change

• Squash the new commit with the old one in the history

• Remove the second commit message (or merge it…)

This did change the commit time for my latest commit, which is something to watch out for.

How Git Works

Neat writeup on the Git patience diff algorithm "Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges" Prototype Git GUI for Filmmaking "Pull github, bitbucket, and trac issues into taskwarrior" Text-mode interface for git bcongdon/git-trophy: ? Create a 3D Printed Model of Your Github Contributio

Worktrees

• A git repository can have multiple working trees - allowing you to check out more than one workspace at a time!

  • Among other things, this allows you to work on multiple branches at once without having multiple copies of the file, and maps git branches or tags to other directories on your system. Use it to check on different efforts on projects without messing up your current editing environment - to look at code from other branches locally and simultaneously, for example!

• git worktree add $PATH :: Adds a new branch with a name associated with the final component of $PATH. git worktree remove and git worktree prune both allow you to cut off external worktrees.

• Flow example: latest develop, latest branch of work, and a third for reviewing pull requests and/or the work from other developers.

Github

track changes to a patch over time git flow git extensions for high level repository operations explore git cli with natural language search github is sinking

READMEs

A curated list of awesome Github Profile READMEs 📝 https://github.com/pifafu/pifafu/blob/main/readME.md i love the font choice and the gif here!

Alternatives

• fossil :: git with additional features such as task management. it seems like a superset of git's system. Fossil vs. GitIncrementally converting from git to fossil while working on the git repo

• repo:: Google's tool for managing monorepos.

• Pijul:: A distributed version control system

• Bazaar:: Canonical's version control system