Tricks

Writing a Git Commit Message

Concise and consistent length and form
Communicate clear context about a change to fellow developers. Ensure that other developers understand why a change was made.

Separate subject from body with a blank line if the body is to be used.
Limit subject line to 50 characters
Capitalize subject line
Do not end with period
Use imperative mood; I 'do' this. Rationale: If applied, the commit will change these aspects of the code. Git's own built-in conventions use this form.
Wrap at 72 characters
Use the body to explain 'what' and 'why' as necessary

github organization:

= repo for coding challenge practice problems

managing research notes: ??? i am thinking a single org file for all of this
- that is, an org file in each project for the research notes pertaining to that project,
- and anotherorg file for misc. research ?? i will have to see how my research is used

It's a good idea to reformat commits to make them more readable.

git reset HEAD~${number of commits to go back}

http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/how_to_publish_git_repos_that_cannot_be_republished_to_github/ :: cheeky way to abuse DMCA to avoid GitHub using your Git repos https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-10-29-how-mailing-lists-prevent-censorship/ using the mailing list model over the built-in issue model, and how this naturally federated and local first procedure is superior to github's standard issue approach https://sagegerard.com/git-debugging.html: use git bisect while referencing maintainers of specific parts of code to narrow down to the code you should care about, then ask the maintainers about it - while putting in a minimum of effort. https://labs.consol.de/development/git/2017/02/22/gitignore.html using .gitignore the right way

This did change the commit time for my latest commit, which is something to watch out for.

A git repository can have multiple working trees - allowing you to check out more than one workspace at a time!
- Among other things, this allows you to work on multiple branches at once without having multiple copies of the file, and maps git branches or tags to other directories on your system. Use it to check on different efforts on projects without messing up your current editing environment - to look at code from other branches locally and simultaneously, for example!
`git worktree add $PATH` :: Adds a new branch with a name associated with the final component of $PATH. `git worktree remove` and `git worktree prune` both allow you to cut off external worktrees.
Flow example: latest develop, latest branch of work, and a third for reviewing pull requests and/or the work from other developers.