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| Git Tip | Why is it useful? |
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| To ignore whitespace in a Git diff: add ?w=1 to the URL | Find this and other GitHub secrets at https://github.com/blog/967-github-secrets |
| Push changes to your fork... often. | If you accidentally trash your local repo, all is not lost. |
Always update your branch via the rebase route. Never use the "Update Branch" button on GitHub. | Whenever your branch is out of date, there's a button that appears on your PR on Github saying "Update Branch" which tempts you to bring your branch up to date with master with the click of a button. Well, please don't give in to the temptation, that button will create a merge commit, which is not signed, both of which are forbidden. So, always update your branch via the painful, rebase route. |
| When reviewing new files larger than 1500 lines, put each comment with its line number into one large comment in the pull request. | Bhroam One developer has been bitten twice by large GitHub reviews. In both cases he was reviewing new files that were larger than 1500 lines. Any comment that he gave after line 1500 showed up at line 1500. |
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