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The Git Config Settings I Actually Use
A few years back, I set up a two-repository system for this site: one repo for content, another for the theme (living as a submodule). It’s a clean architecture in theory, but in practice, managing two repos means you’re constantly juggling branch updates, resolving submodule pointer conflicts, and pushing to two remotes in sequence. I started carrying around a .gitconfig file between machines, tweaking it bit by bit as I discovered settings that eliminated friction. This isn’t a guide to every git option, that would be a book. Instead, it’s a personal tour through the settings I’ve actually integrated into my workflow, why they matter, and what changed once each one was on.
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