Keep Your Git Repository History Clean By Squashing Commits

July 17, 2023

Tired of messy commit histories cluttering up your Git repositories and pull requests? Luckily, Git has the ability to “squash commits,” which merges multiple small commits into one. This helps keep your code history clean and organized, and it’s easy to do with a few commands. Read More »

Git submodules are like repositories within repositories, which allow you to include external code libraries or dependencies in your project, all without linking the module’s version control to the project itself. This keeps modules separate and easy to update, and it’s easy to convert a directory into a new submodule. Read More »

GitHub Releases provide an easy to access method for end users to download versioned software binaries. You can create them manually, but it’s much easier to let GitHub Actions build them automatically using release tags created in your repository. Read More »

Git submodules are a way of including one Git repository as a subdirectory of another repository. This kind of source code nesting can be very useful for projects that want finer control over their dependencies and build process, and it’s easy to set up. Read More »

Often times, when you’re creating a new project, you’re not doing so from scratch. Reusing code structure, boilerplate, and other existing features can save you hours of development time doing repeated setup. This feature is built right into GitHub, which makes templates easy to use and maintain. Read More »