Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

http://johnkary.net/git-1-7-8-changes-for-the-everyday-developer/

by johnkary • 15 years ago

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stock_toaster• 15 years ago

Nice summary. Thanks!

g3orge• 15 years ago

wow. I didn't even know about git grep. Very useful

pjscott• 15 years ago

It's probably my most commonly-used git command, to the point where I have it aliased to "g g".

piotrSikora• 15 years ago

You guys should really look into http://betterthangrep.com/ :)

numeromancer• 15 years ago

Whatever happened to generation numbers?

jacknagel• 15 years ago

IIRC (I read the git mailing list) there was a lot of arguing about whether generation numbers should be in the commit headers or stored in separate cache, and then a different fix went in to speed up "tag --contains" and the discussion was pretty much abandoned.

fr0sty2• 15 years ago

The author should try adding this to his .git/info/attributes file:

     *.py diff=python

That should make --function-context work better on python source files.

technomancy• 15 years ago

I wonder how hard it is to teach it new languages.

fr0sty2• 15 years ago

All you need to do is write a regex to match. Currently supported languages are:

BibTeX, C/C++, html, java, ObjectiveC, Pascal, PHP, Python, Ruby, and TeX.

More details can be found in the gitattributes(5) manpage

a1k0n• 15 years ago

Isn't it kind of odd that that isn't the default, given that diff=python is already built in?

callahad• 15 years ago

The "[command] learned [option]" construct is a really interesting way to phrase directed development effort. I'm not quite sure what the implications are, but it definitely changed the way I parsed and understood the post. "Git is getting smarter" versus "New features have been added to git."

alexchamberlain• 15 years ago

We all know that Git will, one day, take over the world.

Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

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