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Always review your changes

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+title: Always review your changes
+date: 2024-10-25
+permalink: daily/2024/10/25/always-review-your-changes
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - git
+cta: ~
+snippet: |
+  Always review your staged changes before committing.
+---
+
+[In yesterday's email][0] where I wrote about `git stash`, I mentioned the `-p` or `--patch` options.
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+When stashing changes, this allows you to interactively select which changes you want to stash and what you don't.
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+This is supported by other Git commands, including `git add`.
+
+I always use `git add -p` when adding changes as it gives me the chance to review them before committing them.
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+If I left any stray comments, debug code, trailing spaces or anything I don't want to commit, I can remove them.
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+If I was working on multiple changes (which I avoid), I can select the appropriate changes and create commits related to each change to keep the history clean and useful.
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+I also use `git diff` and `git diff --staged` to review changes as well as `git show` to review commits.
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+By doing this, I know my commits will be in the best state for others to review now or for me to review if I need to in the future.
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+[0]: {{site.url}}/daily/2024/10/24/git-stash-is-underrated