Hacker News with Generative AI: Git

Hk, a new Git hook manager (hk.jdx.dev)
hk is built by @jdx.
Ask HN: What commit message conventions do you follow? (ycombinator.com)
I'm new to the world of programming and came to know about commit conventions. Just wanted to know what conventions do you use.
Git clone –depth 2 is vastly better than –depth 1 if you want to Git push later (stackoverflow.com)
I've done a shallow clone of a large repo (git clone --depth 1 [email protected]:myOrg/myRepo.git). I can push new changes to the remote but the first push is horribly slow. Subsequent pushes are fine. The command indicates that the first push writes a lot of data to the remote:
jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful (github.com/jj-vcs)
Jujutsu is a powerful version control system for software projects. You use it to get a copy of your code, track changes to the code, and finally publish those changes for others to see and use. It is designed from the ground up to be easy to use—whether you're new or experienced, working on brand new projects alone, or large scale software projects with large histories and teams.
Git Koans (2013) (stevelosh.com)
A Python programmer handed her ~/.gitconfig to Master Git. Among the many lines were the following:
SilverBullet – note-taking Git-friendly alternative to Logseq and Obsidian (silverbullet.md)
Sage: Burning Away Git Complexity (github.com/crazywolf132)
Hey there! Welcome to Sage - your friendly neighborhood Git companion. Think of it as a smart wrapper around Git that helps you streamline your workflow.
Beej's Guide to Git (beej.us)
Please keep in mind that I'm only human and there is a very, very high probability that there are errors in this guide. Additionally, I might simply not know what I'm talking about when it comes to something! So email corrections are highly appreciated!
Have Gemini stage and write commit messages for you (github.com/suwi-lanji)
The Auto-Commit Bot is a Python-based tool that automatically monitors a directory for changes, generates meaningful commit messages using the Google Gemini API, and commits the changes to a Git repository.
Git: How submodules are merged (2022) (lucasoshiro.github.io)
If you work in a project that uses Git as its version control system and and uses submodules, maybe you have faced a situation where you needed to change a submodule in a branch and needed to merge that branch into another.
Unreal Announcer for Git Commits (github.com/dmayboroda)
For all you fans of the Quake and Unreal Tournament series!
Find the oldest line in your repo (milofultz.com)
This is how all my projects go. I get a wild hare and then figure out how I can make a shell script to do it. Thanks to some help from people online, I was able to make a script that listed out the oldest lines in a git repo. Kind of fun to see what legacy stuff is still around.
Automating Git Bisect with Ephemeral Environments (qckfx.com)
Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers? (gitbutler.com)
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
Forgejo: A self-hosted lightweight software forge (forgejo.org)
Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge.
How I use Git worktrees (2024) (billmill.org)
My favorite feature of git is one that not enough people know about: worktrees.
Amazon's AI crawler is making my Git server unstable (xeiaso.net)
Please, just stop.
Cheatsheet for jj's builtin diff editor (pauladamsmith.com)
I grepped the scm-record repo for command names I was familiar with, and, finding the ui.rs source that maps key strokes and mouse clicks to commands, I extracted them into a cheatsheet-style layout suitable for quick reference while learning and using jj's built-in diff editor.
Amazon's AI crawler is making my Git server unstable (xeiaso.net)
Please, just stop.
Oh Shit, Git? (ohshitgit.com)
Git is hard: screwing up is easy, and figuring out how to fix your mistakes is fucking impossible.
Can we communally deprecate git checkout? (mirawelner.com)
I will start with the disclaimer that I really like git. I use it on nearly all of my programming projects, have read the entirety of Pro Git, and every lab or company I have worked at has held its codebase on GitHub, with the exception of the National Ignition Facility. For some reason, they use Accurev, or at least they did when I worked there in 2019, which was much worse.
Git-of-theseus: Analyze how a Git repo grows over time (github.com/erikbern)
Analyze how a Git repo grows over time
Gource: Software Version Control Visualization (github.com/acaudwell)
Gource is a visualization tool for source control repositories.
Colliding with the SHA prefix of Linux's initial Git commit (kernel.org)
There was a recent discussion about how Linux's “Fixes” tag, which traditionally uses the 12 character commit SHA prefix, has an ever increasing chance of collisions.
Jujutsu Megamerges and jj Absorb (chriskrycho.com)
A really handy approach for splitting apart changes into multiple branches but working on their combination.
Git Branch Management: Exploring the Realm of Possibilities (2023) (scalastic.io)
When it comes to collaborative software development, effective Git branch management is crucial for your team’s efficiency and productivity. In this article, we will explore various Git branch management models to help you optimize your workflow.
Show HN: AuthorTrail – Browse files you've touched in a Git repo (github.com/sarimabbas)
AuthorTrail helps you explore your Git repository's history by author. Find and browse files you've contributed to, with quick access to view and edit them.
Gitea 1.22 is the last version to allow a transparent ugprade to Forgejo (forgejo.org)
The Forgejo v10.0.0 release to be published 15 January 2025 supports upgrade from Gitea instances up to version v1.22 included. Future Forgejo versions will not support upgrades from Gitea instances running version v1.23 or above.
Tig: Text-Mode Interface for Git (jonas.github.io)
Tig is an ncurses-based text-mode interface for git. It functions mainly as a Git repository browser, but can also assist in staging changes for commit at chunk level and act as a pager for output from various Git commands.
NonStop discussion around adding Rust to Git (lwn.net)
The Linux kernel community's discussions about including Rust have gotten a lot of attention, but the kernel is not the only project wrestling with the question of whether to allow Rust. The Git project discussed the prospect in January, and then again at the Git Contributor's Summit in September.