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Problem The application I’m currently working on requires some local config changes in order to run. The values in source control aren’t suitable for local running, but there is no infrastructure configured for injecting local secrets from outside so...
When fixing bugs I usually try to reproduce the bug with a failing unit test before fixing it, assuming the bug is within some code that can be covered by unit tests. However, occasionally I implement the fix before a test is in place, usually when I...
Problem I started using a git repository on a laptop where I’ve not used it before. The repository is hosted on github and I choose not to expose my personal email address on github. Instead, I use my github-provided email address for authoring commi...
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I recently wanted to find out whether or not a specific commit was in a git branch. (The branch contained the code which was formed the most recent deployment to production, and I wanted to check whether or not the commit I was looking at had been de...
With git, it is possible to commit several times in one branch, then squash those commits together when merging into another branch. I most often use this workflow for experimental work. I'll have a feature branch which is what I will create a pull r...
