git like a pro: rewrite author history
In this little post I am going to show you why you sometimes need to rewrite the author or committer history, how you do it and where it will not work as expected.
In this little post I am going to show you why you sometimes need to rewrite the author or committer history, how you do it and where it will not work as expected.
When you issue git tag it will show you all tags of a repository sorted in alphabetical order. But actually it makes much more sense to see tags sorted by tagging date. Unfortunately there is currently no such git sub command that accomplishes this easily. So we are going to write our own: Article series
How can you make sure all your system binaries and configuration files have not been compromised by an intruder? You can of course run rkhunter[1] or AIDE[2] on a regular base or via cron, but this is only going to show you, that a MD5 checksum has been changed. Using git as an intrusion detection
Git like a pro will present some more advanced git tricks, you might not have heard about. This is going to be a collection of deluxe git stuff I have picked up somewhere or written myself. It is also going to be a repeating section, so stay tuned and look for other posts on git