After git commit, git pull and git push, git diff is the Git command I (probably) use most often. Running git diff before doing a git commit has become a routine I always follow, to make sure there are no mistakes before I record my changes in a commit.
Every task done repeatedly is a good candidate for automation. That includes working with Git — routines performed after running a Git command are perfect candidates for automation to boost our productivity.
Generally, the git diff command is used to inspect changes we make when working on a Git repository. With the basic git diff command, Git will print all insertions and deletions we made...
Back in the days of Unix V7, around 1979, a program called Lint was introduced and shipped with that operating system. Lint is a program that helps C language programmers analyze the code they write and points out parts of the code that might cause bugs in the program.
Some time ago, I experienced a disaster when trying to update the feature branch I was working on based on the master branch by running git merge master...
