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@frankel@mastodon.top
2026-04-15 09:18:53

The #Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any #Code
piechowski.io/post/git-command

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-18 10:37:57

Well,. the good news this morning is that i found a stupid bug in `cdr` which, once you've seen it, you can't unsee, so the seventh #PostScarcitySoftware #Lisp prototype is now completing initialisation and entering the REPL.
The bad news is that there's an unterminating recu…

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-04-17 22:39:25

TIL: Just wasted 2 hours chasing a super weird ghost bug in my thi.ng/monopub release tool, which would suddenly silently quit, even though it's been working without any problems for years...
Turns out the issue was actually (mostly) in Git (`git log`), which now appends a warning I've never hear…

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-02-13 20:51:18

Git gurus: suppose I have a complex repository structure containing multiple levels of submodules.
We get frequent support tickets on github from users who failed to update one or more submodules when pulling the latest changes from the parent repo and get build issues or just don't incorporate the bug fix they're trying to test.
Is there a good way to fix/detect this in the build system? Like recursively follow .gitmodules and complain if the commit the parent wants isn&…

@jaandrle@fosstodon.org
2026-03-25 15:17:14

I am working on my projects at my job and “suddenly”, I have just finished something different…
github.com/jaandrle/git-info
A Git status tool inspired by [GitButler](

screenshot of the terminal:

✓  At 16:06 by jaandrle in [dev/main|=] ~/Vzdálené/GitHub/facilitator-network-cell
>_:git
╭┄┄ [unstaged changes]
┊    no changes
┊
┊╭┄ [dev/main]
┊●   11e2237 :zap: :cop: Improves types (Jan Andrle · 3 hours ago)
┊●   e578f03 :zap: Adds valibot (Jan Andrle · 6 days ago)
┊●   e074fd1 :abc: Updates docs and changelog (todo) (#32) (Jan Andrle · 6 days ago)
┊●   09c74bb :zap: Adds Presentation Dashboard page (Jan Andrle · 4 weeks ago)
┊●   c6e1ce9 :bug: :zap: Fixes…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-03-29 16:37:54
Content warning: C program bug, help sought

Friends who speak C, help me with a bug that I just can't see.
Source is here:
git.journeyman.cc/simon/post-s
As you can see, <string.h> is included at line 13.
At…

Editor window (eclipse) showing the problematic file, and GCC's error messages, as described in the post.