Tag Archives: source control

git diff with color words

I had these files with very very long lines of text on each line. It was paragraphs worth of words but not word wrapped. These files were stored in a git repository. Now and then, someone would change a word. … Continue reading

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Git Rebasing Tips

So there you are, using git to store, track and share your code with a few others. Maybe many others. You make a change, someone else makes a change, one or the other of you pulls the others changes and … Continue reading

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git logk

Do you like gitk? I find it almost invaluable in merging, branching, looking at old revisions, diffs, etc. I find it annoying that git log is hard to glean the same information. I searched a round a bit and found … Continue reading

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How to remove or edit a commit in your git repository

So you just committed 15 things to your git repository and now you want to push your changes. Oops, commit #2 added your password file. Or perhaps you misspelled words in the commit message. Now, being a git expert, you … Continue reading

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Using piped svndumpfilter commands to separate an svn repository

According to the documentation for svndumpfilter, you can include one subcommand when filtering a dumped repository. Suppose you have a repository that has a path “/some/path” that you’d like to separate out into its own new repository. From the documentation, … Continue reading

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