Ken Muse
Git Line Staging & Patch Editing
Continuing with last week’s post, we’re going to explore how to take interactive staging (line staging) one step further in Git. Sometimes you need complete control over the process of selecting which lines to commit. Perhaps you need fine control over what code is being committed. Perhaps you just want to organize what’s in the commit. Today, we continue the exploration of this feature by learning how to edit what we’re staging.

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Using Git Line Staging to Commit Parts of Files
The latest preview of Visual Studio 2022 has introduced interactive staging and the ability to stage and commit a subset of a file. Today we’ll examine how you can use the Git command line to choose to commit parts of files.

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Configuring Git's Text Editor

Configuring Git's Text Editor

Several of the more powerful features of Git are only exposed from the command-line interface. However, some of these features rely on being able to invoke a text editor. In today’s post, we walk through how to associate a text editor with Git.

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Using Azure Run From Package
In last weeks post, I mentioned that there are ways to modernize Function apps. In truth, most App Services support an improved model for deploying your code — the deployment package. Learn to use ‘Run From Package’ to improve your Azure App Service deployments.

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Have It Your Way - The Magic of dotfiles
Did you know that you can have your favorite environment configurations follow you wherever you go, including into Development Containers and Codespaces? All of your environments can reflect your personal preferences through the power of a dotfiles Git repository.

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Containers and the WSL2 File System
If you’re using Visual Studio Code and Dev Containers without working in the right filesystem, you’re missing out on a lot of performance! Learn the right place to keep your files!

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Dev Containers, Codespaces, and Bicep, Oh My!
Development Containers and Codespaces bring infrastructure-as-code to developer environments. This post walks through creating a container for editing and deploying Bicep templates to Azure.

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Using Development Containers
Tired of spending your time setting up resources? It’s time to learn how to implement development environments using infrastructure-as-code with Dev Containers, Codespaces, and Gitpod!

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Reusing GitHub Workflows and Centralized Processes
Let’s talk about how to share GitHub workflows between multiple repositories and create centralized processes.

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My Experience Migrating to Hugo
So, once again, it was time to switch by blog platform engines. Learn about my experience migrating to Hugo for static site development.

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