a month ago by Scott Chacon — 11 min read
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.
Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
GitButler's new patch based Code Review (Beta)
2 months ago by Scott Chacon
Introducing Butler Review, a new commit-based, chat centered code review tool, now in beta.
How to do patch-based review with git range-diff
2 months ago by Scott Chacon
Diving into `range-diff`, the little known Git power tool to compare two versions of a series of patches.
How Core Git Developers Configure Git
3 months ago by Scott Chacon
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?
4 months ago by Scott Chacon
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
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Stacked Branches with GitButler
5 months ago by Scott Chacon
GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
Git Merge 2024 Talks are Up
7 months ago by Scott Chacon
All the Git Merge 2024 talks are up on Youtube. Here is a quick summary of each one.
GitButler 0.13 - "Lucky Baseball"
7 months ago by Scott Chacon
Last week we released GitButler 0.13, which is our first release with our new Fearless Rebasing feature.
Fearless Rebasing
7 months ago by Scott Chacon
GitButler now supports first class conflicts, which makes rebasing much less annoying. What is "fearless rebasing"?
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Git Merge 2024
7 months ago by Scott Chacon
Git Merge 2024 has wrapped and we all had a heck of a good time. Here's the overview.
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Why GitHub Actually Won
8 months ago by Scott Chacon
How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.
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GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge
8 months ago by Scott Chacon
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source ecosystem.
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The New Era of Town Hall Chat
9 months ago by Scott Chacon
We're moving from Slack to Discord so we can involve our community more. Here's how we did it and more importantly, why.
The Future of Open Source
9 months ago by Scott Chacon
A GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating on software in awesome ways.
GitButler is now Fair Source
9 months ago by Scott Chacon
GitButler is now officially one of the first members of the Fair Source movement, helping to shift closed source to publicly available software by default.
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Git Merge 2024
10 months ago by Scott Chacon
GitButler is organizing the 2024 Git Merge conference, Sep 19/20 in Berlin!
GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"
a year ago by Scott Chacon
New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
The Birth of THE MERGE
a year ago by Megan Ponce de Leon