--- title: Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git | daily.dev description: A practical guide covering five relatively recent Git features: sorting branches by committer date and displaying them in columns, safer force pushing with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/git-tips-2-new-stuff-in-git-tv70qsyhy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide covering five relatively recent Git features: sorting branches by committer date and displaying them in columns, safer force pushing with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/git-tips-2-new-stuff-in-git-tv70qsyhy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tv70qSYHY.png og:image:alt: Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git **[GitButler Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/gitbutler)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#version-control](https://daily.dev/tags/version-control) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/git-tips-2-new-stuff-in-git-tv70qsyhy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/git-tips-2-new-stuff-in-git-tv70qsyhy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/git-tips-2-new-stuff-in-git-tv70qsyhy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-26T07:48:20.471Z","dateModified":"2026-07-26T07:49:14.569Z","description":"A practical guide covering five relatively recent Git features: sorting branches by committer date and displaying them in columns, safer force pushing with...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/958fccc480762149bc0b104c55a40fb0?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/958fccc480762149bc0b104c55a40fb0?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GitButler Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GitButler Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--LrHsyt2T--/f_auto/v1692632054/squad_placeholder_sfwkmj","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gitbutler"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/git-tips-2-new-stuff-in-git-tv70qsyhy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"git,version-control","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GitButler Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gitbutler"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git"}]} ```