Dev - Git

Better defaults for git

https://spin.atomicobject.com/2020/05/05/git-configurations-default/

• Rebase on pull
• Prune on fetch
• Diff with colors to show moves instead of changes

git config --global pull.rebase true
git config --global fetch.prune true
git config --global diff.colorMoved zebra

Submodules

https://www.cyberdemon.org/2024/03/20/submodules.html

git submodule update --init --recursive

Which for Git >= 2.14 can be made automatic with:

git config --global submodule.recurse true

Additional configs

https://kiranrao.ca/2024/06/21/git-config.html

• GPG signing
• Aliases
• Auto setup remote

Tags : best practices

https://blog.aloni.org/posts/proper-use-of-git-tags/

• Limit who can push tags to server repo
• use vXYZ, easier for shell completion
• • only use annotated tags
• rely on version files, not tags alone
• the commit that changes version file is the one to be tagged

GitHub - synchronize forked repository automatically

https://dev.to/n3wt0n/3-ways-to-sync-a-forked-repository-on-github-automatically-cfd

In GitHub Actions workflow:

- name: Sync and merge upstream repository with your current repository
  uses: dabreadman/[email protected]
  with:
    # URL of gitHub public upstream repo
    upstream_repo: "https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows.git"
    # Branch to merge from upstream (defaults to downstream branch)
    upstream_branch: main
    # Branch to merge into downstream
    downstream_branch: master
    # GitHub Bot token
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Internals & performance optimizations

https://stolee.dev/

• Git internals
• Performance
• Optimizations for monorepos

Reducing repository size

https://www.jonathancreamer.com/how-we-shrunk-our-git-repo-size-by-94-percent/

• pathwalk
• repack -window

Archiving historical code

Back-dating Git commits

https://til.simonwillison.net/git/backdate-git-commits

git credentials

https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2024/07/31/git-as-a-password-prompt/