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So You Think You Know Git - FOSDEM 2024

GitButler · talk · Watch on YouTube

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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
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  • 0 strong recommendations
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What HN commenters said

  1. “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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