Git 2.54 just dropped and there's a lot of good stuff packed into this release. The one that caught my eye the most is `git history`, a new experimental command that tackles that annoying situation where you just want to fix a commit message a few commits back, or split a commit in two, without having to spin up a full interactive rebase. It works cleanly, without touching the working tree, and even runs on bare repositories. For anyone using Git daily, that alone is worth the update.
But it doesn't stop there. Hooks can now be defined directly in your config file, which finally solves the nightmare of maintaining multiple repositories and manually copying scripts into each one. You can now centralize everything in `~/.gitconfig` and call it a day. And the best part: you can stack multiple hooks on the same event without any conflicts.
There were also improvements to `git log -L`, which now works alongside pickaxe options (`-S`, `-G`) for the first time ever. `git blame` got a new `--diff-algorithm` flag so you can choose how the blame is computed. And `git maintenance run` now defaults to the geometric repacking strategy, making repository maintenance more efficient without you having to configure anything.
Overall, a really solid release with 137 contributors, 66 of them first-timers. Git keeps evolving thoughtfully while actually fixing the friction points we've all learned to live with but never should have had to.onControl #DeveloperExperience #CLI
Git 2.54 just dropped and there's a lot of good stuff packed into this release. The one that caught my eye the most is `git history`, a new experimental command that tackles that annoying situation where you just want to fix a commit message a few commits back, or split a commit in two, without having to spin up a full interactive rebase. It works cleanly, without touching the working tree, and even runs on bare repositories. For anyone using Git daily, that alone is worth the update. But it doesn't stop there. Hooks can now be defined directly in your config file, which finally solves the nightmare of maintaining multiple repositories and manually copying scripts into each one. You can now centralize everything in `~/.gitconfig` and call it a day. And the best part: you can stack multiple hooks on the same event without any conflicts. There were also improvements to `git log -L`, which now works alongside pickaxe options (`-S`, `-G`) for the first time ever. `git blame` got a new `--diff-algorithm` flag so you can choose how the blame is computed. And `git maintenance run` now defaults to the geometric repacking strategy, making repository maintenance more efficient without you having to configure anything. Overall, a really solid release with 137 contributors, 66 of them first-timers. Git keeps evolving thoughtfully while actually fixing the friction points we've all learned to live with but never should have had to.onControl #DeveloperExperience #CLI