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When working in a feature branch, if the feature is taking a long time to develop it's often useful to merge in the latest code from the dev branch. I have a git alias set up which allows me to do this very easily. This is the alias, which you can co...
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...
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...
An introduction to a powerful tool you already own
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...
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...
