version control

Fixing mistakes in Git

Linux.com reiterates over the ways to fix and undo mistakes using Git version control software. Seasoned git users will probably know all of these already, but since I have to explain these things to git newcomers, I thought I’d have it handy somewhere here.

Atlassian git tutorials

Here are some very nice and simple git tutorials from Atlassian (BitBucket people).

Git

xkcd is spot on once again.

gitfs – version controlled file system

This was only a matter of time … gitfs – version controlled file system:

gitfs was designed to bring the full powers of git to everyone, no matter how little they know about versioning. A user can mount any repository and all the his changes will be automatically converted into commits. gitfs will also expose the history of the branch you’re currently working on by simulating snapshots of every commit.

Here is a brief feature list:

Automatically commits changes: create, delete, update files and their metadata
Browse through working index and commit history
Merges with upstream by automatically accepting local changes
Caching commits reduces the memory footprint and speeds up navigation
Reduces the number of pushes by batching commits

Code Sleuthing with Git

Code Sleuthing with Git has a handy tip for searching through git logs:

-S <string> 
Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified string (i.e. addition/deletion) in a file.