{ "uuid": [ { "value": "c7ad84af-f5c8-4ff8-92cd-873528acc623" } ], "langcode": [ { "value": "en" } ], "type": [ { "target_id": "daily_email", "target_type": "node_type", "target_uuid": "8bde1f2f-eef9-4f2d-ae9c-96921f8193d7" } ], "revision_timestamp": [ { "value": "2025-05-11T09:00:05+00:00" } ], "revision_uid": [ { "target_type": "user", "target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849" } ], "revision_log": [], "status": [ { "value": true } ], "uid": [ { "target_type": "user", "target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849" } ], "title": [ { "value": "Starting with a clean slate" } ], "created": [ { "value": "2024-11-14T00:00:00+00:00" } ], "changed": [ { "value": "2025-05-11T09:00:05+00:00" } ], "promote": [ { "value": false } ], "sticky": [ { "value": false } ], "default_langcode": [ { "value": true } ], "revision_translation_affected": [ { "value": true } ], "path": [ { "alias": "\/daily\/2024\/11\/14\/starting-with-a-clean-slate", "langcode": "en" } ], "body": [ { "value": "\n

Whenever you need to start a new task in a codebase, I think it's important to always try to start with a clean slate.<\/p>\n\n

This is having an empty staging area and no lingering or uncommitted changes from previous tasks.<\/p>\n\n

I do this to avoid having contaminated commits that contain multiple changes. Each commit should be related to one change.<\/p>\n\n

You can use git add -p<\/code> to review, stage and commit parts of your changes<\/a>, but as the uncommitted changes grow, you're less likely to do that and more likely to commit them at once with a generic commit message that offers no value when viewed in the commit log.<\/p>\n\n

You're more likely to create better and more valuable commits and write better commit messages if you break them into chunks and commit the changes as you make them.<\/p>\n\n

If you have extra files you don't want to commit, add them to a .gitignore<\/code> file or .git\/info\/exclude<\/code> so they're ignored.<\/p>\n\n

If you have uncommitted changes that you want to hide for now but re-add later, git stash is your friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

If you want your changes to be completely separate, maybe git worktrees are for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

Whenever you need to start a new task in a codebase, I think it's important to always try to start with a clean slate.<\/p>\n\n

This is having an empty staging area and no lingering or uncommitted changes from previous tasks.<\/p>\n\n

I do this to avoid having contaminated commits that contain multiple changes. Each commit should be related to one change.<\/p>\n\n

You can use git add -p<\/code> to review, stage and commit parts of your changes<\/a>, but as the uncommitted changes grow, you're less likely to do that and more likely to commit them at once with a generic commit message that offers no value when viewed in the commit log.<\/p>\n\n

You're more likely to create better and more valuable commits and write better commit messages if you break them into chunks and commit the changes as you make them.<\/p>\n\n

If you have extra files you don't want to commit, add them to a .gitignore<\/code> file or .git\/info\/exclude<\/code> so they're ignored.<\/p>\n\n

If you have uncommitted changes that you want to hide for now but re-add later, git stash is your friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

If you want your changes to be completely separate, maybe git worktrees are for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ], "feeds_item": [ { "imported": "2025-05-11T09:00:05+00:00", "guid": null, "hash": "1b329f24d5fcdb46e236911745ece2dc", "target_type": "feeds_feed", "target_uuid": "90c85284-7ca8-4074-9178-97ff8384fe76" } ] }