Articles tagged with Git

1. The Evolution of Source Code Management: From SVN to AI-Powered Git

   Posted on August 31, 2024 in programming

   Source Code Management (SCM) has evolved dramatically over the past few decades. What started as simple file versioning systems has transformed into sophisticated platforms integrating AI-driven automation, security, and collaboration features. From the days of CVS and SVN to the dominance of Git and the rise of AI-powered development, this …

2. Replicating the "git show" Command in Mercurial

   Posted on April 23, 2024 in software

   As a seasoned software engineer who has transitioned from the early days of development to the modern era, I understand the importance of having robust tools to manage codebases. Two of the most popular version control systems (VCS) today are Git and Mercurial. While both serve the same fundamental purpose …

3. [Git] remote.origin.prune vs fetch.prune

   Posted on April 09, 2023 in programming

   What is the difference between git config remote.origin.prune true and git config fetch.prune true?

   When you fetch from a remote repository, Git creates a remote-tracking branch for each branch in the remote repository. These remote-tracking branches are used to keep track of the state of the remote …

4. Git Remote Moved?

   Posted on February 16, 2023 in programming

   There are lots of reasons why your Git repository remotes might move. I recently dealt with a migration to GitHub. You can always just clone the repository again and go about your business, but I had several local branches I wanted to keep working on.

   There's lots of ways to …

5. [Git] Per Repo SSH Identity

   Posted on February 13, 2023 in programming

   For work, I need a personal GitHub account in addition to my Enterprise Managed User (EMU) account. After updating my SSH keys the other day, I realized I had inadvertently locked myself out of using my personal account on my work laptop.

   Here's what that looked like:

   $ git pull
   ERROR …

6. Here Comes Git

   Posted on July 02, 2022 in uncategorized

   In January of 2016, I joined Facebook and had to make the switch from git to hg. To be honest, I wasn't really some sort of zen master of git, but it didn't take me long to completely forget everything I knew about it.

   Now that I've moved on to …

7. Implementing 'git show' in Mercurial

   Posted on December 10, 2015 in Software

   One of my frequently used git commands is 'git show <rev>'. As in, "show me what the heck this guy did here." Unfortunately, Mercurial doesn't have the same command, but it's easy enough to implement it using an alias in your .hgrc.

   The command you would run from the command …

8. {git, hg} Custom Log Output

   Posted on November 25, 2015 in Software

   The standard log output for both Git and Mercurial is a bit verbose for my liking. I keep my terminal at ~50 lines, which results in only getting about 8 to 10 log entries depending on how verbose the commit was. This isn't a big deal if you are just …