Scott Chacon

Written by Scott Chacon

Scott Chacon is a co-founder of GitHub and GitButler, where he builds innovative tools for modern version control. He has authored Pro Git and spoken globally on Git and software collaboration.

Automate Your AI Workflows with Claude Code Hooks

Automate Your AI Workflows with Claude Code Hooks

July 24, 2025by Scott Chacon

Claude Code's new hooks system is a powerful tool for automating your agent workflows. We'll do a quick overview of what's possible and explore a few fun examples.

Managing Multiple Claude Code Sessions Without Worktrees

Managing Multiple Claude Code Sessions Without Worktrees

July 22, 2025by Scott Chacon

With Claude Code's new lifecycle hooks, GitButler auto-sorts simultaneous AI coding into separate branches. Write three features, get three clean branches — no conflicts, no worktrees, no hassle.

GitButler 0.15 - "Quirky Quinceañera"

GitButler 0.15 - "Quirky Quinceañera"

July 2, 2025by Scott Chacon

GitButler 0.15 is out, featuring a brand new user interface, stability improvements, line based commits and more!

20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.

20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.

April 7, 2025by Scott Chacon

Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?

GitButler's new patch based Code Review (Beta)

GitButler's new patch based Code Review (Beta)

March 20, 2025by Scott Chacon

Introducing Butler Review, a new commit-based, chat centered code review tool, now in beta.

Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-uri

Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-uri

March 13, 2025by Scott Chacon

Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?

How to do patch-based review with git range-diff

How to do patch-based review with git range-diff

February 28, 2025by 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

How Core Git Developers Configure Git

February 22, 2025by 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?

Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?

January 13, 2025by Scott Chacon

Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.

Stacked Branches with GitButler

Stacked Branches with GitButler

December 4, 2024by Scott Chacon

GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.

Git Merge 2024 Talks are Up

Git Merge 2024 Talks are Up

October 24, 2024by 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"

GitButler 0.13 - "Lucky Baseball"

October 23, 2024by Scott Chacon

Last week we released GitButler 0.13, which is our first release with our new Fearless Rebasing feature.

Fearless Rebasing

Fearless Rebasing

October 23, 2024by Scott Chacon

GitButler now supports first class conflicts, which makes rebasing much less annoying. What is "fearless rebasing"?

Git Merge 2024

Git Merge 2024

September 30, 2024by Scott Chacon

Git Merge 2024 has wrapped and we all had a heck of a good time. Here's the overview.

Why GitHub Actually Won

Why GitHub Actually Won

September 9, 2024by Scott Chacon

How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.

GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge

GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge

September 2, 2024by Scott Chacon

GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source ecosystem.

The New Era of Town Hall Chat

The New Era of Town Hall Chat

August 27, 2024by 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

The Future of Open Source

August 6, 2024by 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

GitButler is now Fair Source

August 6, 2024by 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.

Git Merge 2024

Git Merge 2024

July 22, 2024by Scott Chacon

GitButler is organizing the 2024 Git Merge conference, Sep 19/20 in Berlin!

GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"

GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"

June 3, 2024by Scott Chacon

New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!

GitButler for Windows

GitButler for Windows

April 12, 2024by Scott Chacon

The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.

Fixing up Git with Autosquash

Fixing up Git with Autosquash

March 11, 2024by Scott Chacon

How can you amend a series of commits automatically to keep a clean history? Let's take a look at git autosquash.

The Git Zeitgeist

The Git Zeitgeist

March 5, 2024by Scott Chacon

Our waiting list generated over 1200 Git usage and feedback survey responses. Here is what we learned.

Git Worktrees and GitButler

Git Worktrees and GitButler

March 4, 2024by Scott Chacon

How do git worktrees help you work on more than one branch at the same time, and how does that differ from virtual branches in GitButler?

DevWorld Git Slides

DevWorld Git Slides

February 29, 2024by Scott Chacon

Git Tips and Tricks

Git Tips and Tricks

February 8, 2024by Scott Chacon

Some things that people don’t tend to know about Git anymore, and some new things you might not have noticed.

Git Tips 1: Oldies but Goodies

Git Tips 1: Oldies but Goodies

February 8, 2024by Scott Chacon

Do you know some of the cool stuff in Git that's been around for a while? All the magical -L and -C options in the Git world? Let's find out!

Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git

Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git

February 8, 2024by Scott Chacon

There are a bunch of new tricks that Git can do that were added in the last few years. How up to date are you?

Git Tips 3: Really Large Repositories

Git Tips 3: Really Large Repositories

February 8, 2024by Scott Chacon

Did you know that Git can handle enormous monorepos like Windows? Let's take a look at how.

FOSDEM Git Talk

FOSDEM Git Talk

February 4, 2024by Scott Chacon

The GitButler crew is at FOSDEM this weekend and I'm giving a talk on Git titled "So You Think You Know Git?". Here are the slides.

Opening Up GitButler

Opening Up GitButler

February 2, 2024by Scott Chacon

Today we're flipping the public switch on GitHub for our GitButler client code and removing the waiting list entirely. Everyone and anyone can now directly download the GitButler client and access the source code.

Debugging Tauri in VS Code

Debugging Tauri in VS Code

December 5, 2023by Scott Chacon

If you're working on a Tauri app in VS Code and want to set breakpoints and use a debugger like a grown up, this is how to get it done.

Advent of GitButler Code

Advent of GitButler Code

November 30, 2023by Scott Chacon

This holiday season, GitButler is sponsoring the Advent of Code and our first present is a new release! Join us in solving coding puzzles every day with our new client alpha!

Signing Commits in Git, Explained

Signing Commits in Git, Explained

September 25, 2023by Scott Chacon

Why would you sign your commits in Git? How would you do it? How is it even done? Let's dig into signing commits in Git.

Virtual Branches Alpha

Virtual Branches Alpha

September 1, 2023by Scott Chacon

GitButler is introducing an entirely new way to work on branches in Git. Join the alpha!

Our We Are Developers Adventure

Our We Are Developers Adventure

August 2, 2023by Scott Chacon

Last week the GitButler team descended in force on the We Are Developers World Congress in our home town of Berlin.

Building Virtual Branches

Building Virtual Branches

July 6, 2023by Scott Chacon

GitButler has come up with an entirely new way to work on multiple branches: simultaneously. What are virtual branches?

DevDays in Vilnius

DevDays in Vilnius

June 1, 2023by Scott Chacon

The Future of Software and Open Source

The Future of Software and Open Source

May 18, 2023by Scott Chacon

Introducing GitButler

Introducing GitButler

April 13, 2023by Scott Chacon