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49,964 | 339 | |
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10.0 | 4.9 | |
about 15 hours ago | 13 days ago | |
C | C | |
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Git
- GitHub Git Mirror Down
- Four ways to solve the "Remote Origin Already Exists" error.
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So You Think You Know Git – Git Tips and Tricks by Scott Chacon
Boy, I can't find this either (but also, the kernel mailing list is _really_ difficult to search). I really remember Linus saying something like "it's not a real SCM, but maybe someone could build one on top of it someday" or something like that, but I cannot figure out how to find that.
You _can_ see, though, that in his first README, he refers to what he's building as not a "real SCM":
https://github.com/git/git/commit/e83c5163316f89bfbde7d9ab23...
- Maintain-Git.txt
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Git Commit Messages by Jeff King
Here is the direct link, as HN somehow removes the query string: https://github.com/git/git/commits?author=peff&since=2023-10...
- Git commit messages by Jeff King
- My favourite Git commit (2019)
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Do we think of Git commits as diffs, snapshots, and/or histories?
I understand all that.
I'm saying, if you write a survey and one of the possible answers is "diff", but you don't clearly define what you mean by "diff", then don't be surprised if respondents use any reasonable definition that makes sense to them. Ask an ambiguous question, get a mishmash of answers.
The thing that Git uses for packfiles is called a "delta" by Git, but it's also reasonable to call it a "diff". After all, Git's delta algorithm is "greatly inspired by parts of LibXDiff from Davide Libenzi"[1]. Not LibXDelta but LibXDiff.
Yes, how Git stores blobs (using deltas) is orthogonal to how Git uses blobs. But while that orthogonality is useful for reasoning about Git, it's not wrong to think of a commit as the totality of what Git does, including that optimization. (Some people, when learning Git, stumble over the way it's described as storing full copies, think it's wasteful. For them to wrap their heads around Git, they have to understand that the optimization exists. Which makes sense because Git probably wouldn't be practical if it lacked that optimization.)
The reason I'm bringing all this up is, if you're trying to explain Git, which is what the original article is about, then it's very important to keep in mind that someone who is learning Git needs to know what you mean when you say "diff". Most people who already know Git would tend to gravitate toward the definition of "diff" that you're assuming (the thing that Git computes on the fly and never stores), but people who already know Git aren't the target audience when you're teaching Git.
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[1] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/diff-delta.c
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The State of Merging Technology
Didn't Git have a new default merge strategy, `ort` https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNote... ?
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The bash book to rule them all
Yes, but you are referring to standalone scripts, not functions defined within a Bash script.
Compare for example the following helper code used for git command completion inside Bash and inside PowerShell.
Bash: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/gi...
safestringlib
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strcpy: a niche function you don't need
stpcpy_s is the current recommendation, eg https://github.com/intel/safestringlib/blob/master/safeclib/stpcpy_s.c
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Git's list of banned C functions
Most of the code I write has a spec of input and output being some form of text. Still, I tend to write that in languages that have safe string handling and drop into C only when the profiler indicates that's useful.
When handling strings in C, it's useful to use the string functions from glib or pull in one of the specifically safe string handling libraries and not use any C stdlib functions for strings at all.
There are a number of C strings libraries safer to use than the standard library, and many of them are simpler, more feature-rich, or both.
* https://github.com/intel/safestringlib (MIT licensed)
What are some alternatives?
scalar - Scalar: A set of tools and extensions for Git to allow very large monorepos to run on Git without a virtualization layer
SDS - Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
PineappleCAS - A generic computer algebra system targeted for the TI-84+ CE calculators
liblinux - Linux system calls.
Subversion - Mirror of Apache Subversion
vscode-gitlens - Supercharge Git inside VS Code and unlock untapped knowledge within each repository — Visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and CodeLens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via rich visualizations and powerful comparison commands, and so much more
mpv - 🎥 Command line video player
linux - Linux kernel source tree
c-stringbuilder - A simple StringBuilder in C
chromebrew - Package manager for Chrome OS [Moved to: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew]
jj - A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful