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Lightningat SmashingConf Live 2020 · 2020-08-20..08-21· [developer-experience]
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Argues that fixing tiny Git annoyances yields big time savings and shows concrete fixes: use git - as a variable for the previous branch to flip between work quickly, use git -- to limit logs to a filename (even deleted files), and fall back to git reflog or rebase/bisect for catastrophic recovery. Recommends terminal color prompts, lightweight tagging for releases, and GitHub Actions for immediate site deploys — practical steps that demonstrably reduce daily errors.

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  1. 0:00Introduction and Git frustrations
  2. 7:40Technology should work for us
  3. 13:15Simple Git commands that help
  4. 20:19Q&A and small fixes
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