Daniel Keast

I can never remember the command to delete remote git branches, ending up on the page in the git book. Maybe writing it down here will help:

A couple of times I’ve wanted to merge two separate git repos into one. This has happened when they are really parts of the same application with the same release cycle, but have been split in a fit of over architecting.

I stumbled across this blog post by Chris Beams, it has a very clear explanation of the way git expects commit messages to be formatted. Being able to place explanatory paragraphs, links, pasted error output etc really improves the history of my repos. It was always a struggle with CVS and SVN choosing between an extremely long commit message or losing context. The tools are able to distinguish the title from the description too and so can choose how and where to display them as appropriate.