days since the last Git and AI fuck-up

The archive

For 10 years git.wtf was a blog about fixing Git, written for people who had just fucked up and were looking for the fix. Then AI came into the picture and started doing the fixes for them, and the questions stopped coming here.

We noticed, envied and wanted revenge. So we started counting AI's fuck-ups alongside the Git fuck-ups.

AI now runs Git commands by itself, and a good many of the fuck-ups are now its own. We keep track of those with delight.

These are those posts, unchanged and at their old addresses. The commands still work. The jokes are older.

  1. Rebuilding Commit History by Changing Line Endings
  2. Using git diff with exit code for no difference remarks
  3. Creating an Alias for the Head of a Branch in Version Control
  4. Using git show with Absolute Paths
  5. Branching and Merging in Git: Rebasing Local Branches
  6. Verifying Commit-ish Syntax and Revision Ranges in Git Commands
  7. Finding the Last Commit for a Specific File in Version Control
  8. How to Delete the Earliest Commit in History Using git-filter-repo
  9. Understanding git pull --rebase Behavior with Different Repositories
  10. How to Retrieve Commit Titles and Authors in a Specific Format
  11. Unlocking Git: Using Cherry for Commit Insights
  12. How to Modify Existing, Unpushed Commit Messages in Git
  13. Why Git is the Best Version Control System
  14. How do I undo 'git add' before commit?
  15. How to Force "git pull" to Overwrite Local Files?
  16. How to Force Git to Forget a Tracked File (Even if it's in .gitignore) 😤
  17. Git Hooks: Automating Your Way to Git Glory
  18. How to Correct a Commit Message in Git: A Step-by-Step Guide
  19. How to Git Stash a Specific File: A Step-by-Step Guide
  20. How to Clone All Remote Branches in Git: A Step-by-Step Guide
  21. How to Create a Tag in a GitHub Repository: A Step-by-Step Guide
  22. How to Update or Sync a Forked Repository
  23. How to Push to GitHub When Receiving the "need merge" Error
  24. How to Force "git pull" to Overwrite Local Files
  25. Understanding the Difference: Git Pull vs. Git Fetch
  26. How to Undo 'Git Add': Reverting Staged Files Before Commit : A Step-by-Step Guide
  27. How to Edit (Amend) a Git Commit Message: A Step-by-Step Guide
  28. How to Delete a Remote Git Branch: A Step-by-Step Guide
  29. How to Delete a Local Git Branch: A Step-by-Step Guide
  30. How to Rename a Git Branch: A Step-by-Step Guide
  31. How to Create a Git Branch: A Step-by-Step Guide
  32. Mastering Version Control: The Top 5 Challenges Developers Face with Git
  33. How to Delete a Git Branch Locally and Remotely
  34. Removing .env file from Git history
  35. How to commit specific files from a subdirectory?
  36. Clone a repository without getting the entire history
  37. Resetting a git pull from the wrong branch
  38. Discard all changes when discarding is not working
  39. How to show a commit’s patch pertaining to a specific path?
  40. How do you check why a file is not in the git status?
  41. How to change a file name's capitalization without changing its content?
  42. How to add staged changes to your previous commit in Git?
  43. How to add changes in one file to two different commits in Git?
  44. How to get your changes back after an accidental hard reset in Git?
  45. How to change the URL of a remote Git repository?
  46. What did I just commit?
  47. How to rename a local and remote branch in Git?
  48. How to remove a file from the previous commit?
  49. How to check for conflict markers in git?
  50. How to revert pushed commit from the repo?
  51. How to find the commit that broke something after a merge in Git?
  52. How do I delete a git branch locally and remotely?
  53. How to remove a file or directory from git without deleting it from your working directory?
  54. How to avoid repeated merge conflicts?
  55. How to discard local modifications in git?
  56. How to stage changes one by one after reviewing in git?
  57. How to checkout to a remote branch that someone else is working on in git?
  58. How to stop password prompts on any git command in macOS?
  59. How to remove staged changes from git?
  60. How to sync my commits with multiple repositories in git?
  61. How to squash the last X commits together in git?
  62. How to move accidentally committed changes to a brand new branch in git?
  63. How to run a diff on unstaged changes in git?
  64. How to revert the last X commits?
  65. How to change the message on the last commit in git?
  66. Fuck this noise, I give up.