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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,172 stories
Google has stopped pushing Git tags for some Android source code↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 337 comments · 829 points · Aug 19, 2026
Git commands I run before reading any code↗ piechowski.io · HN · 509 comments · 2338 points · Apr 08, 2026
Spanish legislation as a Git repo↗ github.com · HN · 233 comments · 827 points · Mar 28, 2026
The future of version control↗ bramcohen.com · HN · 380 comments · 670 points · Mar 22, 2026
I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs↗ spencer.wtf · HN · 255 comments · 708 points · Feb 20, 2026
2025943 stories
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out↗ nesbitt.io · HN · 465 comments · 784 points · Dec 26, 2025
You already have a Git server↗ maurycyz.com · HN · 427 comments · 653 points · Oct 26, 2025
German parliament votes as a Git contribution graph↗ abstimmung.eu · HN · 169 comments · 630 points · Mar 24, 2025
Beej's Guide to Git↗ beej.us · HN · 311 comments · 1062 points · Feb 05, 2025
Amazon's AI crawler is making my Git server unstable↗ xeiaso.net · HN · 246 comments · 607 points · Jan 18, 2025
2024828 stories
Git-absorb: Git commit –fixup, but automatic↗ github.com · HN · 271 comments · 451 points · Sep 26, 2024
A Git story: Not so fun this time↗ blog.brachiosoft.com · HN · 138 comments · 578 points · Jul 01, 2024
Piku: Allows git push deployments to your own servers↗ github.com · HN · 158 comments · 693 points · Jun 09, 2024
Git tips and tricks↗ blog.gitbutler.com · HN · 136 comments · 506 points · Feb 13, 2024
My favourite Git commit (2019)↗ dhwthompson.com · HN · 398 comments · 714 points · Feb 01, 2024
2023762 stories
Committing Without Git↗ matheustavares.gitlab.io · HN · 22 comments · 216 points · Dec 30, 2023
The merge vs. rebase debate↗ graphite.dev · HN · 201 comments · 52 points · Dec 29, 2023
Reproducible Git Bundles↗ baecher.dev · HN · 34 comments · 187 points · Dec 25, 2023
Git cherry-pick and revert use 3-way merge↗ jvns.ca · HN · 17 comments · 57 points · Nov 10, 2023
Firefox Development Is Moving from Mercurial to Git↗ groups.google.com · HN · 31 comments · 67 points · Nov 06, 2023
2022868 stories
Extremely Linear Git History↗ westling.dev · HN · 355 comments · 492 points · Nov 22, 2022
Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client↗ engineering.fb.com · HN · 524 comments · 924 points · Nov 15, 2022
Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore↗ rubenerd.com · HN · 231 comments · 655 points · May 18, 2022
Jujutsu – A Git-compatible DVCS that is both simple and powerful↗ github.com · HN · 228 comments · 568 points · Feb 19, 2022
Dura is a background process that watches your Git repositories↗ github.com · HN · 199 comments · 475 points · Jan 03, 2022
2021757 stories
Magit, the magical Git interface (2017)↗ emacsair.me · HN · 344 comments · 658 points · Oct 22, 2021
Gitlab S-1↗ sec.gov · HN · 284 comments · 942 points · Sep 17, 2021
New in Git: switch and restore↗ banterly.net · HN · 543 comments · 872 points · Aug 01, 2021
Git undo: We can do better↗ blog.waleedkhan.name · HN · 476 comments · 762 points · Jun 21, 2021
Dolt is Git for Data: a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge↗ github.com · HN · 176 comments · 752 points · Mar 06, 2021
20201,083 stories
Git is too hard↗ changelog.com · HN · 792 comments · 557 points · Nov 17, 2020
Git scraping: track changes over time by scraping to a Git repository↗ simonwillison.net · HN · 95 comments · 471 points · Oct 09, 2020
Please stop recommending Gitflow↗ georgestocker.com · HN · 396 comments · 470 points · Mar 04, 2020
Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell↗ git.sr.ht · HN · 227 comments · 814 points · Feb 11, 2020
A new hash algorithm for Git↗ lwn.net · HN · 233 comments · 465 points · Feb 04, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Git-bug: Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in Git↗ github.com · HN · 108 comments · 361 points · Sep 25, 2026
Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud↗ blog.ferstar.org · HN · 115 comments · 342 points · Sep 18, 2026
Looking forward to Git 2.56 – and 3.0↗ lwn.net · HN · 115 comments · 206 points · Sep 21, 2026
ZCode, the GLM coding agent, silently uploads your Git history↗ tokenstead.ai · HN · 14 comments · 262 points · Sep 18, 2026
Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing↗ about.gitlab.com · HN · 128 comments · 177 points · Sep 17, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Git-bug: Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in Git↗ github.com · HN · 108 comments · 361 points · Sep 25, 2026
Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud↗ blog.ferstar.org · HN · 115 comments · 342 points · Sep 18, 2026
ZCode, the GLM coding agent, silently uploads your Git history↗ tokenstead.ai · HN · 14 comments · 262 points · Sep 18, 2026
Looking forward to Git 2.56 – and 3.0↗ lwn.net · HN · 115 comments · 206 points · Sep 21, 2026
.gitignore Everything by Default↗ packagemain.tech · HN · 173 comments · 188 points · Sep 05, 2026
Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing↗ about.gitlab.com · HN · 128 comments · 177 points · Sep 17, 2026
Replacing Pull Requests with Delta↗ zed.dev · HN · 102 comments · 154 points · Sep 16, 2026
You can run Git on object storage if you re-make packfiles↗ tigrisdata.com · HN · 35 comments · 147 points · Sep 16, 2026
Working with Git Worktrees in Magit↗ emacsredux.com · HN · 52 comments · 147 points · Sep 08, 2026
Version control second coming↗ psantosl.github.io · HN · 79 comments · 102 points · Sep 07, 2026

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