For OSS work, I work with two git remotes: upstream: the canonical OSS project repository, where main is the default branch and is what gets released. origin: a personal fork. All my feature branches live here. I set up locally like this: Fork the project repo to my account. Clone my fork locally, so the origin remote is my fork.…
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26 May
6 Apr
On a recent project, my client had a firm rule: one commit per pull request. No exceptions. At first, it seemed like a minor constraint. But it quickly pushed me to get comfortable with a handful of Git commands I’d been using only occasionally: git commit, git rebase, and git reset –soft. Each one solves […] The post Git Commands…
18 Mar
In this blog post, we will show you how to install Git on Ubuntu 26.04 OS. Git is an open-source, ... Read More The post How to install Git on Ubuntu 26.04 appeared first on RoseHosting.
12 Jan
A deep dive into the technical challenges of keeping .NET's product repositories synchronized with our Virtual Monolithic Repository using a custom two-way algorithm. The post How We Synchronize .NET’s Virtual Monorepo appeared first on .NET Blog.
17 Dec 2025
In this tutorial, we will install Git on AlmaLinux 10. Git is a free and open-source distributed version control system. ... Read More The post How to Install Git on AlmaLinux 10 appeared first on RoseHosting.
12 Nov 2025
In this blog post, we will explain how to install Git on Debian 13 OS. Git is a free and ... Read More The post How to install Git on Debian 13 appeared first on RoseHosting.
14 Jan 2025
One thing that I've found helpful is to add a set of patterns to my global git ignore file (config/git/ignore for me) that allow me to create temporary files that are automatically excluded from git. The patterns I use are these: # Ignore a file by renaming it with ignore its name *.ignore ignore.* *.ignore.* This lets me create a…
29 Aug 2022
How do you merge two Git repositories without losing history? This post will take you through the step-by-step process. The post Merging two GitHub repositories without losing commit history appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
25 Jun 2018
When I switched jobs four years ago, I went from using subversion (svn) to using git as the version control system. Even though I am a pretty quick learner, it took me a quite a while to really understand git. … Continue reading →
11 Dec 2017
tl;dr: Try out microplane! It’s a CLI tool to make changes across many repos. The Problem At Clever, we’ve embraced microservices. They promote modularity, which leads to simpler code bases and lets our engineers move quickly and independently. They are easier to deploy, which helps us build towards incremental, frequent deploys and continuous delivery. In […] The post Mo Repos,…
19 Jan 2016
GitKraken is a new cross-platform graphical interface for Git currently in private beta. It has useful features like interactive commit graph visualization, easy branching/stashing, and GitHub integration. The post shares invites to try the private beta version of GitKraken.
8 Sept 2015
This blog post provides a beginner's guide to managing versioning and deployment of static websites using Git for version control, Flightplan.js for automated deployment, and Nginx for serving. It outlines a simple yet complete workflow for implementing continuous delivery and rollbacks.
16 Dec 2014
We’re excited to launch a new series on our blog: the jOOQ Tuesdays. In this series, we’ll publish an article on the third Tuesday every month where we interview someone we find exciting in our industry from a jOOQ perspective. This includes people who work with SQL, Java, Open Source, and a variety of other … Continue reading jOOQ Tuesdays:…
24 May 2011
Yesterday I installed a central Git repository server for storing all configuration files from our Linux servers. Every /etc directory is now observed by Git (and etckeeper). Each of these servers pushes the changes from the local master branch to the central repository. Authentication is done via public/private key authentication. […] The post Installing Git on Citrix XenServer 5.5 appeared…