What git config settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.

I’m a jj skeptic so I really appreciate deep dives like this.

But it doesn’t address my main fear: I put so much junk in my git working tree that I’d be terrified it would get pushed or published if I were to use jj. I’m sure that’s not how it works because if it did no one one would use jj, but I’d want to know how it works instead. Not that I’m diving in any time soon now that I’ve finally learned Magit which is awesome.

An opinionated list of git settings that most people likely don’t know about and which should probably be defaulted differently.

TL;DR Navigate to .git/info, in the project folder Open the exclude file in your editor Put in the… Tagged with git.

Open source content management for your Git workflow

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git is not a version control system, git is a toolbox for building a VCS. Do have a low-friction way to add your own scripts for common git operations.

It’s a 0.1.0 release but I love the idea and I’m gonna install it. Not needed for sourcehut or other email based platforms (Emacs also uses a sourcehut-like flow based on what looks like a debbugs fork, and Notmuch also uses a similar git-send-email flow which is already sane and doesn’t need this all) but for GitHub and its many clones like Forgejo this looks like water in the desert.

I love the super pragmatic approach—this isn’t the app you reach for in a vacuum when you can design any kind of workflow you want—for example, I don’t foresee using it on any of my own projects. Instead, it promises to unbork some of the badness of juggling several separate PRs for the branch/PR workflow specifically.

For the foe in your life who hasn’t given up on GitHub yet.

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email + git = <3

Git ships with built-in tools for collaborating over email. With this guide, you’ll be contributing to email-driven projects like the Linux kernel, PostgreSQL, or even git itself in no time.