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Your Git horror stories (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

We all have been there... For the beginner it's easy to mess things up. What are your horror stories with Git?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Me doing a massive rebase

Find out at the end I royally messed up somewhere and it does not build at all.

I did not push changes to remote before rebaseing

I did not push changes to remote before rebasing? suprised picachu

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was going to say.. I’m pretty good with git, and rebasing still gives me anxiety haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly I am now a huge fan of having lots of tiny repositories. It simplifies ci/cd, forces you to split code into logical blocks with stable interfaces, and limits frequency and scope of conflicts.

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