Effective Git: Beyond the Basics
We all have to start somewhere. For most of us, our Git journey begins with about 5 commands and the mental model of a file-sharing tool like Dropbox or OneD...
Git
Git Tip: Word Diff
If you use Git in the command line, when using commands like git diff and similar ones, it does a line-by-line diff by default. This is also what most pull r...
Git Myth: “git fetch just downloads meta-data”
This is a misconception that I’ve seen or heard many times, sometimes almost in those exact words.
Intentional Commits: Continuous Feedback
Intentional commits is the term I use for habits and workflows that help with creating Git commits1 exactly the way we intend to. The opposite are incidental...
On Formatting Commit Messages
Many developers are unaware that there is a quasi-standard convention for commit messages originating from Git itself and the Linux kernel. Following this co...
The Commit Scope Matrix
Commits should be atomic, but the common advice to only separate refactorings from new functionality does not cover the whole spectrum. I use four main categ...
Git is not an Acronym
“Git,” the name of the popular version control system, is not an acronym but an English slang term chosen by developer Linus Torvalds. Many incorrectly spell...