Author shares their personal Emacs configuration on Git, detailing setup for the development version and offering insights.
Guide on using GitHub for Windows to deploy ASP.NET or PHP source code to Windows Azure Websites via Git, simplifying the process without command-line.
Blog author switches to Disqus for comments, removing old comments and giving everyone a fresh start.
A developer compares Git and Subversion, explaining the fundamental shift to distributed version control and why Git's model is superior for modern workflows.
The author updates the Apache module mod_defensible to be compatible with Apache 2.4, discussing the process and its utility as a prototype.
A critique of modern software versioning practices, proposing clearer definitions for semantic versioning (x.y.z) and addressing confusion caused by terms like alpha, beta, and release candidates.
A guide on using git rebase to automatically synchronize a gh-pages branch with the master branch in a GitHub repository.
A technical guide for converting a Mercurial repository to Git using the fast-export tool, including steps for .hgignore conversion.
Org-contacts has been moved into the official Org-mode contrib directory, following the author's promotion to committer.
Introducing VCS Translator, an open-source tool to convert commands between different version control systems like Git and Mercurial.
A developer shares Elisp routines for color manipulation, including CIEDE2000 implementation, to assess text readability on colored backgrounds.
A developer details their contributions to the Gnus email/news reader for Emacs, including patches for HTML rendering, IMAP support, and icon functionality.
A guide explaining Mercurial Queues (MQ) for Git users, comparing it to Git's index and showing its advanced capabilities.
A developer recounts the failure of their primary hard drive, the recovery options considered, and an assessment of data loss.
A guide to the simplest Mercurial workflow, 'Branch as Needed,' for small projects, contrasting with structured Git models.
A developer shares his customized Zsh command line prompt, explaining its components and encouraging others to personalize their own shell environment.
A comparison of Git and Mercurial focusing on their fundamental design philosophies and user experience, rather than just features or speed.
A detailed comparison of Mercurial's branching models (clones, bookmarks, named branches) and how they differ from Git's approach.
Announcing pyvcs and django-vcs, open-source tools for abstracting and web-browsing version control systems, plus plans for a new Django project.
A developer's critique of Mercurial's design quirks, including confusing commands and configuration methods.
