Using Git for SVN Repositories Workflow
For the last months I have been using Git to work with my Subversion repositories. Besides from reducing disk usage, Git also makes my work slightly faster and independent of network access — I can...
View ArticleHow to add Git Pull Shortcut to Different Github Branches
UPDATE 9 hours later: Changed to “remote = origin” to the specific branch “remote = dean” which works! Short explanation on how to pull changes from different Git repositories into your local Git...
View ArticleSpoken Git Commit Log — Another Annoyance at the Office
Here is a short one-liner that really annoyed my colleagues today. I set my mac to read aloud all changes in the repository since yesterday: git log --pretty=format:"%an commit %s, %ad."...
View ArticleHow to make Git ignore files that already exist in your project
For a project I’m working on, I had to change some files with personal settings, and the files kept showing up with a git status . Adding files to .gitignore that are already tracked does not work....
View ArticleCollection of useful Git Tips to get started
I thought it was time to collect some of my most useful findings when working with Git. These are typically from situations where I found a useful way, which I wanted to jot down. Also I have answered...
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Rewrite author/email in git history
After my harddisk crashed and I reinstalled the machine recently, I misconfigured my Git to set EMAIL as email address. This made Git history look horrible, with incorrect email, image. By accident I...
View ArticleChange history of SVN repository
Somebody asked me if it’s possible to change history of an SVN repository like you can do in Git. The easiest parts to change are: commit date commit log message With this, you can easily modify time...
View ArticleGit tip to remove remote branches already merged
Let’s talk about source control and an efficient way of using Git. I like the projects where you have a `master` branch and a few feature branches, which are actively being worked upon. Only a few...
View ArticleGit extract folder from project with history and tags
This is a short note regarding the use of `git filter-branch` when you want to split a git repository and preserve the history. I had some issues in finding the correct parameters. In case this also...
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