Git

In this article, I’m going to cover the complete setup for GPG commit signing on Windows, including the wrapper script solution that actually works. I really love seeing those green “Verified” badges next to commits on GitHub. There’s something satisfying about cryptographic proof that your code actually came from you. But if you’ve tried setting up GPG commit signing on Windows, you’ve probably run into the same frustrating issues I did - Git can’t find your GPG key even though gpg --list-keys works perfectly fine in your terminal. ...

I’ve put in some effort in recent months to remove secrets from multiple legacy code bases. That was the easy part, the though part is to change culture to prevent new secrets from leaking into the codebase in the future. Luckily there are tools to help out with that: Gitleaks was a cool finding. It helps to find secrets before you commit them using different regular expressions that you can also extend. ...

In this article, I’m going to cover handy shortcuts that can make your life in using git in the terminal faster and more convenient. I really love using Windows Terminal, it allows you to use any type of shell that you want, customize it, and extend it to the limit of your own imagination. I cannot recommend enough the great article from Scott Hanselman that teaches you how to unlock most of the potential within Windows Terminal, really making it your own. ...