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.
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.
a month ago by
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
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
2 months ago by
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
2 months ago by
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
2 months ago by
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
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
Stacked Branches with GitButler
5 months ago by
GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
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Git Merge 2024 Talks are Up
6 months ago by
All the Git Merge 2024 talks are up on Youtube. Here is a quick summary of each one.
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GitButler 0.13 - "Lucky Baseball"
6 months ago by
Last week we released GitButler 0.13, which is our first release with our new Fearless Rebasing feature.
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Fearless Rebasing
6 months ago by
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
Git Merge 2024 has wrapped and we all had a heck of a good time. Here's the overview.
Why GitHub Actually Won
8 months ago by
How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge
8 months ago by
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source ecosystem.
The New Era of Town Hall Chat
8 months ago by
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
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
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
9 months ago by
GitButler is organizing the 2024 Git Merge conference, Sep 19/20 in Berlin!
GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"
a year ago by
New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
GitButler for Windows
a year ago by
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
Fixing up Git with Autosquash
a year ago by
How can you amend a series of commits automatically to keep a clean history? Let's take a look at git autosquash.