GitX 0.7 was just released today. This is the latest release since 0.6.3 and the first real feature release for some time, although we don’t make that distinction to strictly. After the jump I’ll outline the cool new features and how to make use of them. GitX mailing-list We’ve been using our Lighthouse tracker to [...]
A while back I wrote about having the output of “git describe” as your version-string in your Mac-OS app, only to discover that this doesn’t work that well since the string in the Info.plist is supposed to be an constantly increasing number of the form x.y.z.zzzz, which doesn’t really work with the SHAs git gives [...]
My GitHub Octocat sticker arrived yesterday. I had almost forgotten about it, so it was an even nicer surprise to find a letter from Redwood City, CA in my mailbox today. I asked for the sticker on March 4 this year, quite some time ago ;) I have to say that it’s really nice to [...]
This comes from the I-have-to-pay-my-electrical-bill and from the learn-something-fun-about-your-system-everyday-department. As you know I’ve got Gentoo on my workstation. When I still lived in my dorm it was running 24/7 (last but not least to supply everyone with the latest episodes of popular shows). When I moved I started using a hacked-together suspend-to-ram script which worked [...]
Debugging programs for yourself (or from bug-reports from other people) requires knowing which version caused the bug. Of course most people think in terms of major releases, but a developer needs to know the exact revision, as this might make the crucial difference. UNIX command-line programs usually offer a –version switch, which returns detailed version [...]
Got this one from the git-ml (which I read via gmane, but that’s a different post): I’m not very good at reviewing patches. Especially not if it’s something like JavaScript. git at least colorizes its diffs, which makes it somewhat better. But as soon as you have a big file which is being patched in [...]
OK, I can already hear you saying “here we go again”. Well, I’m sorry that I’m not really in the mood to report much on my personal life (though, rest assured, everything is really going smooth, so don’t worry). Maybe this blog will undergo certain changes in the near future, but right now I’m not [...]
After searching (and finding no existing solution), I created a small JavaScript-based commit-badge/banner which you can show of on your website to point at the latest (or a specific) commit in a Github-repo. This is what it looks like (if you see blank space here or something fubar please reload the page and after that [...]
This is a post about a few things at once, since I have all these little tips/hints I’d like to make public which don’t deserve their own post ;) Ok, first about the git-branch status on your zsh. What is that good for? Well, I often find myself working in git-repositories with different local branches [...]
Ok, I hinted that I would do a more thorough review of GitHub, the new and easy-to-use git repository hosting site. Although I’m still no power-user I’ve come to know the features that make GitHub worth using and so far unique. The “Fork” feature is probably the most important one. Instead of just cloning a [...]
