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GIT - Best Practices

All is not Lost

git log -g
git fsck –unreachable
git stash list

Backups
- Although a clone is a backup it does not include git configs, working directory/index, non-standard refs, or dangling objects.
Once you push, don't change history.
Choose a Workflow
Logically divide into repositories
Useful commit messages
Stay up to date
- Rebasing
```
git pull –rebase
git merge –no-ff
```

Maintenance

git fsck
git gc –aggressive
git remote update –prune
git stash list

Enforce standards
- Regression tests
- Complication tests
- Syntax/link checkers
- Commit message analysis
Useful Tools
- gitolite
- gitslave
- gerrit
Integrate with external tools
Always name your stashes
Protect against history rewriting