The Old New Thing

Why perform all these complex git machinations when you can just tweak the command line to get what you want?

Raymond ChenSeptember 20, 2019Sep 20, 201909/20/19

Who controls the command line?

How to duplicate a file while preserving git line history

Raymond ChenSeptember 19, 2019Sep 19, 201909/19/19

Synthesize it in a branch via a rename.

How to split out pieces of a file while preserving git line history: The easy way with misleading commits

Raymond ChenSeptember 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19

Anticipating the octopus.

How to split out pieces of a file while preserving git line history: The hard way with commit-tree

Raymond ChenSeptember 17, 2019Sep 17, 201909/17/19

More commit-tree tricks.

How do I split a file into two while preserving git line history?

Raymond ChenSeptember 16, 2019Sep 16, 201909/16/19

The octopus delivers.

My summer vacation: The Eiffel Tower

Raymond ChenSeptember 13, 2019Sep 13, 201909/13/19

It's really tall, for one.

Another way to sort GUIDs: Java

Raymond ChenSeptember 13, 2019Sep 13, 201909/13/19

Because it's Java.

The Turkish lira’s currency code is an unexpected source of problems with computer programmers

Raymond ChenSeptember 12, 2019Sep 12, 201909/12/19

Following the rules for currency codes leads to a collision with popular macro.

The sad history of the MFC TRY/CATCH macros

Raymond ChenSeptember 11, 2019Sep 11, 201909/11/19

Because standard C++ exception handling didn't exist yet.

Trying to wrangle a site visit to Paul Allen’s superyacht “Octopus”

Raymond ChenSeptember 10, 2019Sep 10, 201909/10/19

An unsuccessful play for a site visit.