So You Think You Know Git - FOSDEM 2024
What it is
Scott Chacon's FOSDEM 2024 talk on lesser-known Git tips and tricks: useful config settings, older and newer commands, monorepo and big-repo features, and recent GitHub additions. It closes with why he is now building GitButler, followed by a Q&A.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it as a well-regarded tour of newer, lesser-known Git features, and it is among the most-watched engineering talks of 2024.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2024, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“Great tech talk covering some of the newer lesser-known git features”
Covers newer lesser-known git features.
craftkiller, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Downloading a folder from a repo using rust”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: git, config, monorepo, rerere, fosdem, gitbutler
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