Tag: git

  • Orphan Branches in Git

    Orphan Branches in Git

    You may run into a situation where a branch of a project doesn’t need to share history with the main branch. I had this happen when I wanted to create a temporary-landing page for a project I was working on deploying. The landing page would be a “coming soon” page with a short blurb, hosted […]

  • Social Media Preview Images for Your GitHub Projects

    Did you know you can specify a social media preview image for your GitHub projects? Neither did I The social media preview image is different from any images you add to your repo’s folders or on your README. I was browsing the settings for one of my repositories when I came across this. I decided […]

  • Amending Git Commits

    Amending Git Commits

    Note: 12/19/2020: After referring to my own blog post, I realized that I missed explaining a key point in correcting a previous git commit. This correction is reflected in the “Update the Commit” section. A best practice when using version control like git, is that commits should be small and relate to one aspect of […]

  • The One About Twitter Tech Chats

    The One About Twitter Tech Chats

    I enjoy participating in Twitter Chats. Sometimes, I forget when my faves are, or, forget to flag new ones to check out later. So, to help keep them all in one place (and to discover more) I created a Twitter Tech Chat repo on Github with a list of some of the tech-related Twitter chats […]

  • Talk: What I Learned From Managing My First Open Source Project on Github

    Talk: What I Learned From Managing My First Open Source Project on Github

    Resources and links related to my Codeland talk “What I Learned From Managing My First Open Source Project on Github”