Being more efficient on GitHub

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Post by henrikwm » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 9:31 AM UTC

Being more efficient on GitHub
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Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

#2

Post by selbekk » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 9:35 AM UTC

Saved replies have saved (no pun intended) me so much time. Great advice

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

#3

Post by k_bx » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 9:46 AM UTC

> 2. Writing good issues

I've made a small MVP of a utility that syncs issues to/from local folder as a git repo, so that you can use your favorite editor (like Emacs) to keep extensively good issue descriptions

https://github.com/k-bx/github-agent

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

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Post by thundergolfer » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 9:55 AM UTC

Here’s a 4th step:

Be quite liberal with your cross-referencing of issues, pull requests, commits, comments in Github’s UI.

GitHub will prominently display these reference breadcrumb whenever you’re navigating around. When I found myself in an obscure Github issue tracking down a problem, it was _awesome_ to see a reference made 6 months ago by a colleague in a different team.

Now that I’ve left plenty of references in my own little corner of Github, I’ve made my own life easier too.

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

#5

Post by snvzz » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 9:57 AM UTC

I honestly don't see how any of this is specific to github.

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

#6

Post by zidoo » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 10:10 AM UTC

Just Write Fucking Code that makes sense. And don't be an attention whore.

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

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Post by dijit » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 10:18 AM UTC

snvzz wrote: post #5

I honestly don't see how any of this is specific to github.

Didn't you know that github is synonymous with version control? /s

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

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Post by acid303 » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 10:24 AM UTC

k_bx wrote: post #3

> 2. Writing good issues I've made a small MVP of a utility that syncs issues to/from local folder as a git repo, so that you can use your favorite editor (like Emacs) to keep extensively good issue descriptions https://github.com/k-bx/github-agent

Nice! Another option is to use a plugin that lets you edit textfields in an external editor: https://github.com/jlebon/textern

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

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Post by sveingjoby » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 10:26 AM UTC

Was not aware of saved replies. Will make my life easier.

Re: Being more efficient on GitHub

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Post by janpot » Sat, Dec 07, 2019, 10:30 AM UTC

snvzz wrote: post #5

I honestly don't see how any of this is specific to github.

Is anybody claiming that?