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James Davidson: git send-email tricks

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:29:00 -0700

If you typically send patches to mail lists then Felipe Contreras' git send-email tricks blog post is definitely worth reading.

James Davidson: Delta chains and packs

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:45:00 -0800

In a discussion on creating a git repo for the gcc code base, Linus describes how git uses delta chains and how they relate to packing.

In the same discussion Linus has additional low level explanation.

James Davidson: Git Cheat Sheet

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:23:00 -0700

Zach Rusin has created a very easy on the eyes git cheat sheet. This is very useful if you use some git commands only once in a blue moon.

James Davidson: Using Git through a firewall

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:16:00 -0700

I finally ran into a firewall issue in that I could not gain access to a git repository that was only available using the git protocol.

I knew how to setup OpenSSH to be a SOCKS proxy, so I needed a way to get git to use a SOCKS proxy.

Works great!

James Davidson: Getting a feel for how Git's Index works

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:49:00 -0700

Linux Magazine has an excellent article, Embracing the Git Index, that demonstrates how git's index is used.

James Davidson: Using git to browse Linux Kernel code

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:40:00 -0700

kernel.org hosts gitweb that is an excellent interface for browsing kernel code changes changes.

You can even track the stable kernel queue.

James Davidson: Plucked git Documentation

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:34:00 -0700

If you have git and plucker installed, then you can easily create a Plucker version of the git documentation for you Palm.

    plucker-build --title="git" --doc-name="git" --doc-file="git" --stayonhost="" --maxdepth=10 file:///usr/share/doc/git-core-x.y.z/git.html

For the lazy among us, here is git.pdb.

Update 2009-10-11: Removed git.pdb because git documentation has been updated significantly since I created this plucker document. Also, I no longer use a Palm device so plucker is not an application I use anymore.

James Davidson: Checkout a tagged release

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700

git supports applying tags to the HEAD, but is not so easy to check out a specific tag. See the LinuxMips wiki for a description of how to check out a tagged release.

James Davidson: Trying to 'Get' git

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Fedora Extras is keeping up to date with new releases of git so now I can take a stab at figuring out how git works.

On a Fedora system, start with /usr/share/doc/git-core-x.y.z/core-tutorial.html.