gitconfig

2023

Git pull request fetching & searching

Working with GitHub and GitLab pull/merge requests can be improved greatly by adding an alias for fetching all requests. Fetched PRs can then easily be searched or checked out. Read full post

2021

Git Alias function syntax

Git aliases are an easy way to customize commands, however it is tempting to be more expressive and use shell script functions. This is supported, but the syntax and escaping can be hard to overcome. Read full post

Applying mailing list patches with 'git b4'

b4 helps improve the workflow for mailing list based Linux kernel development, but doesn't offer direct git integration. Let's whip up a 'git b4' alias. Read full post