A developer shares the usefulness of the git shortlog command for summarizing contributions and generating contributor lists.
A guide to long-term best practices for managing open-source projects, covering organization, PRs, issues, security, and releases.
A guide on backporting security fixes to older releases in Conda Forge, using a Dask vulnerability patch as a practical example.
Guide on triggering GPG passphrase prompts and clearing the agent's cache for scripting and automation tasks in Linux.
A developer shares 2025 blog analytics, revealing top-performing posts about VS Code, React Native, and other tech tools, and insights on traffic sources.
Explores two distinct ways of using Git: for collaboration with immutable shared history, and for tactical, local development.
A developer's weekly update covering publishing tech blog posts, working on Expo docs, and experimenting with Codex CLI for automation and app building.
The author describes their work improving Git's official documentation, including creating a new data model document and updating core man pages.
A developer shares their New Year's goal to simplify their website using AI-assisted coding, detailing specific changes made to their Jekyll static site.
A developer shares custom Vim/Neovim key mappings for efficient Git operations like staging hunks and navigating changes directly within the editor.
How to retrieve archived Git repositories from Software Heritage, using a UK government open source project as a case study.
A critique of perpetual 'improved Git integration' in IDEs, arguing developers should learn core Git instead of waiting for tools.
Git Rail Control is an interactive, gamified platform for learning Git commands through a railway-themed simulation.
Explains why 'git mv' is essential for tracking filename case changes on case-insensitive file systems like macOS and Windows.
Explains how Git handles file renames via heuristics and offers a best practice for ensuring rename tracking works.
A technical guide explaining how to change the author and committer timestamps for Git commits, including recent commits and those deeper in history.
A developer's monthly roundup featuring tech articles on URL state management, lazygit, HTTP QUERY method, and a color palette tool, plus personal notes.
Using AI coding agents to automate repetitive plugin upgrades for Datasette 1.0, running six parallel sessions.
A developer's journey to discovering and adopting lazygit, a powerful Git UI tool, and an exploration of its benefits for productivity and UX design.
Explains the 'edit workflow' in Jujutsu VCS, a version control system, highlighting differences from Git and practical commands.
