Ubuntu - GIT - Best Practices

Commit often
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 <code>
- 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