18th March 2025
Delete all git tags from a project
How to delete all the git tags, both locally and on your remote
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A release process for our NPM and Composer packages 1st October 2023
A release process for our NPM and Composer packages
A post outlining our process and workflow for releasing packages and extensions
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The UPCOMING.md file in our packages and extensions 13th May 2023
The UPCOMING.md file in our packages and extensions
We keep a file in our package repositories which creates the CHANGELOG with each release
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Find a troublesome commit with Git Bisect 5th March 2023
Find a troublesome commit with Git Bisect
Work out which commit introducted a bug with Git Bisect
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Reset a git repository back to origin 22nd February 2023
Reset a git repository back to origin
Short of deleting the repo and cloning again, sometimes you need to reset your repository back to how it should be
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How to delete a Git branch 19th November 2022
How to delete a Git branch
Make sure you keep your branches tidy by deleting old ones
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Merge request conventions for less cognitive load 22nd September 2022
Merge request conventions for less cognitive load
Adding categories/prefixes to your merge request comments help the author identify and compartmentalise comments and feedback
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Quickly clone a git repository without the history 9th August 2021
Quickly clone a git repository without the history
Sometimes you want to git clone a repository without needing the full log. Not only does this save space it speeds up the clone too
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The Git Commit Hash 28th May 2020
The Git Commit Hash
The magic 40 character string that is attached to every commit you do. What is it, where does it come from and will understanding it help you with Git in the future?
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Using a post-merge git hook to clean up old branches 28th March 2019
Using a post-merge git hook to clean up old branches
When you've been working on a project for a while, you might find you have a few stale branches hanging around. At Liquid Light we have a git hook which tidies up after a merge
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Rarely handy Git commands 15th May 2017
Rarely handy Git commands
There are rare times when you need a slightly obscure git command. You spent several minutes googling, crafting and constructing your command only to run it once and not need it again for a while. This blog post will serve as my dumping ground for those odd commands I seldom need, but when I do I can then copy and paste. Feel free to get in touch with your favourite curve-ball command and I'll do my best to add it to the list!
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Git for Beginners: An Overview and Basic Workflow 10th March 2015
Git for Beginners: An Overview and Basic Workflow
Git is a tricky subject to get your head around. Knowing the commands is one thing, but knowing how to use them is another. This article will walk you through a simple, single developer Git workflow - covering the commands that you would use at each stage.
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Ignoring libraries in git 13th May 2014
Ignoring libraries in git
Far too often recently I've noticed people committing libraries and packages to their main application (website) repository.
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Git tab autocomplete 19th October 2013
Git tab autocomplete
A quick tip on how to enable git autocompletion on the command line
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Github for PC and setting up a local testing environment 5th May 2012
Github for PC and setting up a local testing environment
Note: This post is from 2012 this is no doubt ouf-of-date. I've not used Windows since 2014 so cannot verify how accurate this post is.The Quick Way
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