Writing good git history

I firmly believe that writing a good git history, or narrative is important and worthwhile. Future Developer will thanks us when they’re using git log -S to find a particular line or fragment, or when they’re using git bisect to figure out when and how a particular defect was introduced. In the past I’ve given a talk about crafting a lovely git narrative. Thankfully, there’s no recording of that talk. ...

September 24, 2021 · Morgan Roderick

Don't git pull, use git pull --rebase instead

I can’t remember where I saw this first, as I configured it awhile ago. Emmanouil Liakos shares a quick tip about how to use git pull --rebase and to configure your git to do this automagically. Link: Don’t git pull, use git pull –rebase instead

September 17, 2021 · Morgan Roderick