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Direnv setup for multiple git/GitHub, npm and AWS accounts/credentials

In this post, we’ll look at how to configure direnv to manage multiple git, GitHub, npm and AWS accounts and credentials on a single machine. ...

#git #cli

git diff by word

The default diffing algorithm for git diff is by lines. There are scenarios where it’s more interesting to diff by word, for example: long lines. In that case it’s useful to use --word-diff=color. ...

#git #github #cli #vscode

git/GitHub CLI set editor to vim or VSCode

The GitHub CLI (gh binary), defaults to nano as its editor. Developers may want to set it to vim or VSCode to keep it in line with the git CLI’s behaviour. ...

#git #bash

Fix git “tip of your current branch is behind its remote counterpart” - 4 real-world solutions

When working with git a selection of GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket and rebase-trigger-happy colleagues/collaborators, it’s a rite of passage to see a message like the following: Pushing to [email protected]:some-project/some-repo.git To [email protected]:some-project/some-repo.git ! [rejec ...

#node #javascript #meta #git

A simple JavaScript/Node coding setup on Mac OS X

Here’s how I get productive for JavaScript/Node on Mac OS. It includes iTerm2, zsh, Node, Visual Studio Code and some git commands. ...

#node #sequelize #git #cli #javascript

Progress and roadblocks: a journey into open-source

Enhancing generators for ES6 in the Sequelize CLI This is the story of my discovery of ES6-class style model definitions with Sequelize (see Using ES6 classes for Sequelize 4 models). The realisation that the current Sequelize CLI model generator didn’t support it (as is e ...

#git #bash #productivity

Change the date of a git commit

One of the greatest and worst things with git is that you can rewrite the history. Here’s a sneaky way of abusing that, I can’t think of a legitimate reason to do this. As with anything, thanks StackOverflow for all the options I can pick from 👍. ...

#tooling #git #ci #bash

Deploy to multiple environments with git and CircleCI

Easily deploying to multiple environments in a simple manner using GitHub, CircleCI and Heroku. Continuous Integration is awesome, but sometimes you need a buffer between auto-deploying things on merge and the production release. To do that with CircleCI requires some git branch- ...

#git #web development #productivity

Split an existing git commit

One of git’s main differences when compared to other version control systems is that it lets the user rewrite the history. The main way to do this is to use git rebase, usually followed by a git push --``force to overwrite history the remote with the local history. Here’s a ...

#dev-decoded #git #programming #Productivity

Learn git even if you don’t code

The tools we wield define us, git is the one tool all developers use ...

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