Jack Wallen shows how to use the .gitconfig file for global git configurations and a more efficient developer setup. Image: prima91/Adobe Stock.

Git manages binary files. So the fact that Eagle files were ... I’ve done that for ages and did not have to wait for customer pressure to transition to an human readable file format. Report comment.

Git’s Large File System is a reasonable solution to a bit of a niche problem. ... In both cases, the system is looking for a “tell”, a giveaway that the user isn’t entirely human.

Simplify code audits and troubleshooting. The second reason to isolate all file rename and move functions within a single Git commit is purely a human one. This step makes it much easier to understand ...

I’m a GNOME user, so the Nautilus file manager is my tool of choice, when I’m not working in the terminal, for file and directory management. When I have to work with Git, I’m comfortable ...

Also, Git wasn't designed for a codebase that was so large, either in terms of the number of files and version history for each file, or in terms of sheer size, coming in at more than 300GB.

What does git add . do?. Many git add examples show how to add one file to the index at a time, but in practice a developer includes many changes in a commit.. To stage multiple files at the same time ...

The Windows Git repository includes about 3.5 million files that weigh in at about 300GB when you check them into Git. Git, however, wasn’t built for a project of this size, so Microsoft ...