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Git stories (programming.dev)

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This is a collection of posts that probe the way Git impacts our thinking and ways of working. These are exclusively discussions held within the community (and not links to blogs). Feel free to roam and join the discussion.

Mergiraf: a syntax-aware merge driver for Git (mergiraf.org)

submitted 12 hours ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Git Rev News Edition 116 (October 31st, 2024) (git.github.io)

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S3 as a Git remote and LFS server (github.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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How to Use Git Stash to Efficiently Manage Your Code (www.freecodecamp.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Git 2.47 released (github.blog)

submitted 1 month ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/git@programming.dev

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Git Rev News Edition 115 (September 30th, 2024) (git.github.io)

submitted 1 month ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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A simple cheat sheet for Git (write.as)

submitted 1 month ago by pylapp@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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git-absorb: git commit --fixup, but automatic (github.com)

submitted 1 month ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Learn Git Branching (learngitbranching.js.org)

submitted 1 month ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Radicle 1.0 released (radicle.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21810137

Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.

Git bisect run techniques (paperless.blog)

submitted 2 months ago by lysdexic@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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Creating a Git commit: The Hard Way (avestura.dev)

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Git: avoid reset --hard, use reset --keep instead (adamj.eu)

submitted 2 months ago by norambna@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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via https://fosstodon.org/@adamchainz/113069875974994637

Git Rev News Edition 114 (August 31st, 2024) (git.github.io)

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PSA: Git exposes timezone metadata (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/git@programming.dev

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Git records the local timezone when a commit is made [1]. Knowledge of the timezone in which a commit was made could be used as a bit of identifying information to de-anonymize the committer.

Setting one's timezone to UTC can help mitigate this issue [2][3] (though, ofc, one must still be wary of time-of-day commit patterns being used to deduce a timezone).

References

Git documentation. git-commit. "Date Formats: Git internal format". Accessed: 2024-08-31T07:52Z. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-Gitinternalformat.

It is <unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>, where <unix-timestamp> is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. <time-zone-offset> is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is +0100.
jthill. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2014-05-26T16:57:37Z. (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:27Z). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23874208/how-can-i-ignore-committing-timezone-information-in-my-commit#comment36750060_23874208.

to set the timezone for a specific command, say e.g. TZ=UTC git commit
Oliver. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2022-05-22T08:56:38Z (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:30Z). https://stackoverflow.com/a/72336094/7934600
each commit Git stores a author date and a commit date. So you have to omit the timezone for both dates.

I solved this for my self with the help of the following Git alias:
```
[alias]
co = "!f() { \
    export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    git commit $@; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Autor: %an <%ae> (%ai)\"; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Committer: %cn <%ce> (%ci)\"; \
}; f"
```