Hacker News with Generative AI: Version Control

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
56 points by mirawelner 8 days ago | 142 comments
Git-of-theseus: Analyze how a Git repo grows over time (github.com/erikbern)
Analyze how a Git repo grows over time
Git, Software Development, Version Control, Data Analysis
5 points by mooreds 9 days ago | 1 comments
Gource: Software Version Control Visualization (github.com/acaudwell)
Gource is a visualization tool for source control repositories.
Software, Version Control, Visualization, Git
173 points by vortex_ape 18 days ago | 67 comments
Racket-embed-images-in-source-text (github.com/shriram)
Racket enables you to embed images in the document source. The moment you do, however, the file becomes a different format (WXME). In particular, this format is effectively binary, which means it doesn't work well with tools like grep, git, etc.
Programming, Racket, Software, Image Processing, Version Control
50 points by spdegabrielle 22 days ago | 9 comments
Jujutsu Megamerges and jj Absorb (chriskrycho.com)
A really handy approach for splitting apart changes into multiple branches but working on their combination.
Git, Version Control, Software Development
82 points by chriskrycho 24 days ago | 63 comments
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.
Git, Version Control, Software Development, Collaboration, Workflow
7 points by rapnie 26 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Git, Software, Developer Tools, Version Control
23 points by campfireshuffle 27 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Software, Open Source, Git, Version Control, Upgrade Path
37 points by CuriousIndian 31 days ago | 15 comments
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.
Git, Version Control, Tools, Software
27 points by pabs3 32 days ago | 5 comments
SCCS roach motel (tuhs.org)
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering has asked me to write a retrospective on the influence of SCCS over the last 50 years, as my SCCS paper was published in 1975. They consider it one of the most influential papers from TSE's first decade.
Software Engineering, History, Version Control
70 points by rdpintqogeogsaa 35 days ago | 16 comments
Git Trailers (alchemists.io)
Git trailers are a powerful source of metadata as parsed by the Git Interpret Trailers command. Even better, trailers can be applied to commits and tags as documented here:
Git, Version Control, Metadata
6 points by thunderbong 37 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Git Alternatives – Sapling vs. Jj (ycombinator.com)
Version Control, Git, Alternatives, Software
94 points by koch 41 days ago | 64 comments
Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI (github.com/ultralytics)
Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI for v8.3.41.
Python, Software, Open Source, Version Control, Package Management
35 points by the_mitsuhiko 43 days ago | 7 comments
Conventional Commit Messages (github.com)
Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Git, Software Development, Version Control
3 points by t55 46 days ago | 2 comments
Demystifying Git Submodules (cyberdemon.org)
Throughout my career, I have found git submodules to be a pain. Because I did not understand them, I kept getting myself into frustrating situations.
Git, Version Control, Software Development
127 points by signa11 47 days ago | 96 comments
Rewrite Git history via drag-and-drop (retcon.app)
Drag, drop, done.
Git, Version Control, Software, Tools
86 points by surprisetalk 51 days ago | 104 comments
TrunkVer (trunkver.org)
TrunkVer is a SemVer-compatible versioning scheme for continuously-delivered, trunk-based applications and systems that don't follow a release scheme.
Software, Version Control, Continuous Delivery, Trunk-Based Development
135 points by todsacerdoti 51 days ago | 113 comments
Git-crypt – transparent file encryption in Git (agwa.name)
git-crypt enables transparent encryption and decryption of files in a git repository. Files which you choose to protect are encrypted when committed, and decrypted when checked out. git-crypt lets you freely share a repository containing a mix of public and private content. git-crypt gracefully degrades, so developers without the secret key can still clone and commit to a repository with encrypted files.
Security, Git, Version Control, Encryption
119 points by yamrzou 53 days ago | 52 comments
Stacked Git (stacked-git.github.io)
Stacked Git, StGit for short, is an application for managing Git commits as a stack of patches.
Git, Version Control, Software
13 points by st_goliath 57 days ago | 0 comments
Thing Deleted 3 Months of Work (github.com/microsoft)
I had just downloaded vscode as an alternative and I was just playing with the source control option, seeing how it wanted to stage FIVE THOUSAND FILES I clicked discard... AND IT DELETED ALL MY FILES, ALL OF THEM, PERMANENTLY!
Software, Mistakes, Version Control, Development Tools
6 points by jatwork 59 days ago | 4 comments
Find a needle in a haystack with Git bisect (jerryorr.com)
My favorite tool for finding the source of regression bug is git bisect.
Git, Debugging, Software Development, Version Control
39 points by orr94 63 days ago | 4 comments
GitHub trick to find the commit that deleted a file (microsoft.com)
A common problem in git is finding the commit that deleted a file.
Git, Version Control, Software Development, Debugging
14 points by thunderbong 66 days ago | 0 comments
Jujutsu: A Haven for Mercurial Users at Mozilla (ahal.ca)
One of the pleasures of working at Mozilla, has been learning and using the Mercurial version control system.
Version Control, Mozilla, Open Source, Software Development, Programming
9 points by todsacerdoti 67 days ago | 0 comments
Git and Jujutsu: In Miniature (lottia.net)
Last night in bed, I realised we’d encountered a scenario at work during the day where something happened so fluidly in jujutsu that it’d make a good case story!
Git, Version Control, Software Development, Programming
89 points by todsacerdoti 67 days ago | 72 comments
Mergiraf: A syntax-aware merge driver for Git (delpeuch.eu)
A central feature of Git is the ability to merge the contents of diverging revisions.
Git, Version Control, Software, Merge Tools
7 points by todsacerdoti 70 days ago | 1 comments
Mergiraf: a syntax-aware merge driver for Git (mergiraf.org)
Git, Version Control, Software, Tools
432 points by p4bl0 70 days ago | 87 comments
There's Almost No Gitlab (danjou.info)
Do you guys support GitLab? Is there any way this can work with GitLab? Does this support merge requests?
GitLab, Version Control, Software Development, Collaboration Tools
38 points by physicsguy 71 days ago | 72 comments
The Art of Manually Editing Hunks (kennyballou.com)
There's a certain art to editing hunks, seemingly arcane. Hunks are blocks of changes typically found in unified diff patch files, or, more commonly today, found in Git patches.
Code, Version Control, Git, Software Development
25 points by alraj 73 days ago | 18 comments
Beyond "Commit" and "Push": 5 Advanced Git Features You Should Know (git-tower.com)
Many developers work with Git every day, adding commits, creating branches, and pushing or pulling the latest changes. However, Git offers a wide range of advanced features beyond these basics that few developers know about.
Git, Version Control, Software Development, Programming, Tools
6 points by speter 73 days ago | 0 comments
Git commit with hash `0000000` (github.com/JuliaAPlavin)
This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository.
Git, Version Control, GitHub
20 points by Bromeo 80 days ago | 8 comments