A practical guide covering five relatively recent Git features: sorting branches by committer date and displaying them in columns, safer force pushing with --force-with-lease, signing commits using SSH keys instead of GPG, signing pushes (for self-hosted servers), and the git maintenance command for automated background repository upkeep. Each tip includes concrete config commands and real-world use cases.
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Some Git Branch StuffSafe Force PushingCommit Signing with SSHPush SigningGit MaintenanceShare this post