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Git Commit Creation (drewdeponte.com)

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This is an article in which I explore the details and thinking that goes into how you should create git commits, and why. I like to think of it as the article I wish existed when I was just starting out over 20 years ago.

I wanted to cover all the things that you should think about at a high level. That way it at least could work as an entry point to deeper exploration of the particular areas if the reader isn’t completely sold or they want to just gain a deeper understanding. While at the same time trying to provide enough details to show why and how these choices are valuable. This is always a tricky balance.

Anyways, I would love any feedback on thoughts on how this could be improved.

Thanks

Mergiraf: a syntax-aware merge driver for Git (mergiraf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Git Rev News Edition 116 (October 31st, 2024) (git.github.io)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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S3 as a Git remote and LFS server (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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How to Use Git Stash to Efficiently Manage Your Code (www.freecodecamp.org)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Git 2.47 released (github.blog)

submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/git@programming.dev

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Git Rev News Edition 115 (September 30th, 2024) (git.github.io)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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A simple cheat sheet for Git (write.as)

submitted 1 year ago by pylapp@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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git-absorb: git commit --fixup, but automatic (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Learn Git Branching (learngitbranching.js.org)

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Radicle 1.0 released (radicle.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21810137

Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.

Git bisect run techniques (paperless.blog)

submitted 1 year ago by lysdexic@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Creating a Git commit: The Hard Way (avestura.dev)

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Git: avoid reset --hard, use reset --keep instead (adamj.eu)

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via https://fosstodon.org/@adamchainz/113069875974994637

Git Rev News Edition 114 (August 31st, 2024) (git.github.io)

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PSA: Git exposes timezone metadata (sh.itjust.works)

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Git records the local timezone when a commit is made [1]. Knowledge of the timezone in which a commit was made could be used as a bit of identifying information to de-anonymize the committer.

Setting one's timezone to UTC can help mitigate this issue [2][3] (though, ofc, one must still be wary of time-of-day commit patterns being used to deduce a timezone).

References

Git documentation. git-commit. "Date Formats: Git internal format". Accessed: 2024-08-31T07:52Z. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-Gitinternalformat.

It is <unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>, where <unix-timestamp> is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. <time-zone-offset> is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is +0100.
jthill. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2014-05-26T16:57:37Z. (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:27Z). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23874208/how-can-i-ignore-committing-timezone-information-in-my-commit#comment36750060_23874208.

to set the timezone for a specific command, say e.g. TZ=UTC git commit
Oliver. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2022-05-22T08:56:38Z (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:30Z). https://stackoverflow.com/a/72336094/7934600
each commit Git stores a author date and a commit date. So you have to omit the timezone for both dates.

I solved this for my self with the help of the following Git alias:
```
[alias]
co = "!f() { \
    export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    git commit $@; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Autor: %an <%ae> (%ai)\"; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Committer: %cn <%ce> (%ci)\"; \
}; f"
```