Hacker News with Generative AI: Version Control

The first SWHID publicly available specification is out (softwareheritage.org)
Identifying precisely software artifacts and their versions is of paramount importance for a variety of stakeholders, ranging from industry to academia, from cultural heritage to public administration.
Software, Open Source, Standards, Version Control, Software Heritage
5 points by Tomte 13 hours ago | 0 comments
Commit signing in 2023 is kinda wack (lobi.to)
I’ve been taking a look at authorisation processes for version control systems at work and had three colleagues independently ask about scope for git commit signing, but they were surprised to discover I’d been soured toward traditional approaches for git commit signing and generally advise shying away from signing due to complexity.
Version Control, Git, Security
25 points by codeAligned 1 day ago | 28 comments
Commitizen: Simple commit conventions for internet citizens (commitizen.github.io)
Git, Software Development, Version Control
5 points by skeptrune 3 days ago | 0 comments
Beej's Guide to Git (beej.us)
Version Control, Software, Git, Programming, Tutorials
5 points by todsacerdoti 6 days ago | 1 comments
Why Lawyers Will Never Use Google Docs (versionstory.substack.com)
Last November, I published "On Building Git for Lawyers" about building Version Story, the first concurrent version control system for lawyers.
Lawyers, Version Control, Legal Technology, Software
18 points by jpbryan 11 days ago | 4 comments
How to write a Git commit message (2014) (cbea.ms)
Commit messages matter. Here's how to write them well.
Git, Version Control, Software Development, Best Practices
21 points by gilad 11 days ago | 7 comments
Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds (github.blog)
Exactly twenty years ago, on April 7, 2005, Linus Torvalds made the very first commit to a new version control system called Git.
Software, Version Control, History, Git, Linus Torvalds
5 points by ludovicianul 15 days ago | 0 comments
20 years of Git (gitbutler.com)
Twenty years ago today, Linus Torvalds made the very first commit to Git, the information manager from hell.
Software, Version Control, History, Linux
306 points by videlov 19 days ago | 227 comments
Git's initial commit (github.com/git)
"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
Version Control, History, GitHub
20 points by mellonaut 19 days ago | 3 comments
Why Git is no "good" for AI-generated code (github.com/specstoryai)
Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Version Control, Git
35 points by SnootyMonkey 24 days ago | 11 comments
An introduction to Magit, an Emacs mode for Git (masteringemacs.org)
Magit is the sweetener that masks the bitter taste you get when you have to commune through algebraic brevity with git. Magit – unlike other user interfaces bolted on top of a command line version control system – is faithful in its adherence to git’s vocabulary and capabilities.
Version Control, Git, Emacs, Programming, Software
16 points by signa11 43 days ago | 0 comments
Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-URI (gitbutler.com)
Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?
Git, Version Control, Software Development, Performance Optimization
293 points by chmaynard 44 days ago | 92 comments
Native Git Support in Zed (zed.dev)
We've heard for a long time that many of you want to be able to use Git from within Zed. Not necessarily for everything, but particularly for the 90% "git-commit", "git-push" workflow, it's just too slow to have to context switch every time.
Software, Version Control, Git, Development Tools
48 points by DASD 44 days ago | 11 comments
Ask HN: How do you manage and version control small structured data? (ycombinator.com)
So I work in a heavily regulated field and often come across the need to document all kinds of semi-structured data like requirements, risks, test-cases, etc.
Data Management, Version Control, Software Engineering, Regulatory Compliance, Ask HN
5 points by Igin 46 days ago | 6 comments
GitHub is currently merging PRs in the UI with the wrong merge method (github.com/orgs)
In a project that allows both the Merge method and the Squash & Merge method, if I try to use the Squash & Merge method, it uses the Merge method anyway.
GitHub, Bug Reports, Software Development, Version Control
34 points by darknavi 46 days ago | 10 comments
Git without a forge (greenend.org.uk)
I’ve written quite a lot of free software in my life. Most of it was from scratch: projects I started myself. So I get to choose where to host them – or rather, I have to choose where to host them.
Software Development, Version Control
322 points by todsacerdoti 51 days ago | 159 comments
Micro keypad to do your regular Git push/pull/add/commit actions (gitsyncpad.xyz)
Be among the first to experience GitSyncPad, an innovative micro keypad designed for effortless Git version control.
Git, Version Control, Hardware, Programming, Productivity
32 points by aravindkumarv 56 days ago | 45 comments
Why Are Jujutsu's ID Prefixes So Short? (jonathan-frere.com)
Jujutsu is a relatively new version control system that is designed around working directly with commit-like objects called “changes”1. Each change has an ID, and these IDs are important because they’re the main way of referring to different changes2. To make referencing these IDs a bit easier, Jujutsu often shows ID prefixes rather than the whole ID when displaying commits (such as in the jj log command).
Version Control, Jujutsu, Software Development
11 points by todsacerdoti 58 days ago | 2 comments
ZeroVer: 0-based Versioning: cutting-edge software versioning for minimalists (0ver.org)
With software releases at an all-time high, the consensus has never been clearer: Major versions are over. So what does the past, present, and future of software versioning look like? Welcome to ZeroVer 0.0.1.
Software Development, Version Control, Software Releases
17 points by pabs3 58 days ago | 3 comments
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:
Git, Version Control, Optimization, Performance
137 points by jakub_g 73 days ago | 35 comments
The Pijul Manual (pijul.org)
Welcome to the Pijul book, an introduction to Pijul, a distributed version control system that is at the same time theoretically sound, fast and easy to learn and use.
Version Control, Software, Distributed Systems
13 points by tusslewake 73 days ago | 0 comments
Darcs, Friendly Version Control (acmelabs.space)
This book should help you to get started with using darcs as your daily version control system.
Version Control, Software, Programming
68 points by tusslewake 73 days ago | 76 comments
Versioning versus Coordination (brooker.co.za)
Spoiler: Versioning Wins.
Software, Version Control, Coordination
65 points by burntcaramel 79 days ago | 2 comments
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.
Git, Version Control, Tools, Software, Open Source
7 points by binbandit 80 days ago | 3 comments
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!
Version Control, Git, Programming
1062 points by mixto 80 days ago | 311 comments
Building Your Own Git from Scratch in Go (medium.com)
As a professional software engineer, you must be using Git every day as it is the most widely used version control software.
Software Development, Version Control
6 points by thunderbong 84 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Git, Version Control, Submodules, Branching, Merging
24 points by lucasoshiro 84 days ago | 2 comments
Evo: Version control that works the way you think (github.com/crazywolf132)
Evo is a modern, offline-first version control system that focuses on what matters most: helping developers write great code together.
Version Control, Software, Development, Collaboration
44 points by todsacerdoti 94 days ago | 44 comments
How I use Git worktrees (2024) (billmill.org)
My favorite feature of git is one that not enough people know about: worktrees.
Git, Version Control, Software Development
31 points by fanf2 97 days ago | 1 comments
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, Version Control, Software Development, Programming
57 points by mirawelner 106 days ago | 142 comments