5 Helpful Features of Git 1.8

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Git Up to Date helpful features of Git 1.8 matthewmccull 5 jonloeliger

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❶ Security Signed Tag Merging

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$ git tag

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$ git tag -a

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we've had this for quite a while

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signed tags

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$ git tag -s

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– Arthur C. Clarke The difference between machines and human beings is that human beings can be reproduced by unskilled labor.

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and signed merges

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$ git checkout $ git merge or even... $ git merge

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even signed commits

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$ git tag -s

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❷ Security HTTP Credential Cache

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in-memory cache

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$ git config credential.helper cache

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$ git config credential.helper cache --timeout=300

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$ git credential-cache exit

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on-disk cache

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Git v1.8.0 Release Notes ======================== UI, Workflows & Features * A credential helper for Win32 to allow access to the keychain of the logged-in user has been added. * A credential helper to allow access to the Gnome keyring has been added.

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$ git config credential.helper 'osxkeychain'

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$ git config credential.helper 'wincred'

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$ git config credential.cache '/some/gnome-keyring/git-credential-gnome-key'

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❸ Repository Scale Single Branch Clones

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single branch... full history

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$ git clone --single-branch

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❹ Repository Scale Clone Depth Control

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limited history

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$ git clone --depth

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$ git fetch --depth increase history

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❺ Repository Composition Submodule Behavior

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$ git clone --recurse-submodules

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$ git fetch --recurse-submodules

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$ git pull --recurse-submodules

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$ git push --recurse-submodules=check

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$ git submodule update --force

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– Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer “Remember, always, that everything you know, and everything everyone knows, is only a model. Get your model out there where it can be viewed. Invite others to challenge your assumptions and add their own.”

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Git Up to Date helpful features of Git 1.8 matthewmccull 5 jonloeliger