Git

Love these little animations (“code snacks”) from Lauren Basser that illustrate basic technological concepts. Check out the ones for Working Directory and Shadow DOM — not the easiest concepts to illustrate as simply as this!

I admit I’ve never once used a Git Worktree. But Nick Taylor has a pretty good intro that compels me. (Nick credits bashbunni for her own intro). Git worktrees let you check out multiple branches from the same repository simultaneously, each in its own working directory. Instead of constantly switching between branches with git checkout, you […]

I’ve long been a GUI guy for using Git (🔗). It just makes sense to me to clearly visually see an manipulate the files I’m staging and committing, seeing nice lists of current branches and PRs at a glance, and seeing the diffs and conflicts in a dedicated UI. But I get it, a lot […]

I’m a GUI guy when it comes to using Git. I like to click over to a native app and immediately see useful things. Like a list of files that were changed in the repo I’m actively working on, on the branch I’m actively working on. This feels efficient and productive to me. I can […]