Git’s safe directory configuration helps to protect users, but it can create challenges. This is especially true when using Hugo with Azure Static Web Sites. In that case, you’re dealing with an Action that bind-mounts the source code into a container. This requires some special handling.

Git has some interesting behaviors built into it. For example, it makes it easy to squash a set of commits into a single commit. This creates a very simple history. But what happens if that history that you’re eliminating has a tag applied to it? Does that tag get eliminated? Does it point to the newly squashed commit? Today’s article explores what to expect in that situation … and why.

You’re working in a development container. You need access to a port on the host for a proxy SSH connection to a Git server. Sounds tough, right? Turns out it’s simple.

If you need to connect to multiple Git hosts or environments (like EMU and GHEC) with minimal effort, then SSH may provide the options you need to make it painless.

Trying to understand the options for signing Git commits? Explore the options available for cryptographic signatures and their tradeoffs in today’s post.