zvm
Git
zvm | Git | |
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3 | 287 | |
299 | 50,207 | |
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9.4 | 10.0 | |
21 days ago | 4 days ago | |
Go | C | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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zvm
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Buzz: A lightweight statically typed scripting language
ZVM (https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm) is a good alternative to keep uptodate with Zig nightly versions and also quickly switch to a stable version when needed.
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Learning Zig
I tried out zvm (Zig Version Manger) on my Mac laptop earlier today, seems to work even if it’s not super polished:
https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm
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Goodbye to the C++ Implementation of Zig
If you’re interested in trying Zig out and want an easy way to update/use multiple versions I’ve been working on a Zig Version Manager for the past few weeks.
It works on Windows, Mac, Linux, a smattering of BSD’s and Plan 9. Arm and x86.
https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm
Git
- Git tracks itself. See it's first commit of itself
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Resistance against London tube map commit history (a.k.a. git merge hell) (2015)
Look at any PR/patch series that got merged into the Git project. https://github.com/git/git/
Any random one. Because those that did not meet the minimum criteria for a well-crafted history would not have passed review.
- 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
What are some alternatives?
nix-zig-stdenv - cross-compile nixpkgs with zig
scalar - Scalar: A set of tools and extensions for Git to allow very large monorepos to run on Git without a virtualization layer
alg - Algebra for Zig
PineappleCAS - A generic computer algebra system targeted for the TI-84+ CE calculators
cargo-bisect-rustc - Bisects rustc, either nightlies or CI artifacts
Subversion - Mirror of Apache Subversion
camlboot - Experiment on how to bootstrap the OCaml compiler
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
Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.
linux - Linux kernel source tree
Rustlings - :crab: Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code!
chromebrew - Package manager for Chrome OS [Moved to: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew]