3/5/2017 Working with CodeKit and Git

TOWER GIT CLIENT ABOUT

eptemer2015ranJones

Working with CodeKit and

Git

ThisisaguestpostranJones.He'sthecreatorofthepopular
CodeKitMacapp.

Who I Am
Mnameisran.IwriteaMacappcalledCodeKit.It'sanappfor
wedevelopersthatautomatesaunchoftasksandmakesuilding
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wesitesmuchfaster.It'swonseveralawardsincluding:"2014App
I'veNeverHeardOf"fromJohnGruerand"WhDoesThisUILook
oFamiliar?"fromPanic.

ThefolksatfournovaaskedmetowriteaoutmexperiencewithGit
andhowoucanuseCodeKitandGittogether.Thewillregretthis.

What Git Means to Me

"ThisisUnix.IKNOWTHI!"someofouaresaing.You'veforgotten
moreaoutcomputersthanI'lleverknow.You'rejustreadingthis
ecauseouheardIwritefunnreleasenotes...
Gitisourpersonalslave,willingandeagertoendtoourever
whim.Youpoorsoul;that'sexactlwhereshewantsou.Oneda
ou'rejustwritingsomecodeandthen...GODDAMNRAPTOR
FALLINGOUTOFTHCILINGWHATDIDYOUDOTOTHRPO
W'RUPPODTOHIPTOMORROW!

Andthisisn'tjustmopinion.verseenthesourcecodeforGit?
Here'sthetopoftheREADME le:

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ThisiswhIuseTower.It'sstillGit,utit'slikeGitonXanex:50%less
likeltosevermaorta.

Using CodeKit With Git

Atitscore,CodeKitisanappthatwatches lesforchangesandtakes
actionwhenthosechangeshappen.

Yousaveaass le,CodeKitcompilesittoC.
YousaveaJ le,CodeKitmini esit.
YousaveaGif,CodeKitasksoutopronounce"G-I-F"anddeletes
ourharddiskifougetitwrong.(Idon'tcareifoucreatedthe
damnformat.Pronouceitcorrectl.)

Youknowwhat'sreallgoodatchanging les?Git.Thissometimes
causespeopletroule.Here'show:

awe'reuildingawesite.Inourprojectfolderthere'sa lenamed
"main.js".InCodeKit,we'vesetsomecustomoptionsforthis le.
Then,wedecidetoswitchranches.Allofasudden,wediscoverthat
CodeKitnowhascompleteldi erentsettingsfor"main.js"!After20
secondsofcursing,weopenupMail.appandsendrananast
email:"HOWCANYOUUCKATPROGRAMMINGTHIMUCH!?DID
YOUALOWRITdiscoverd?YOUHAVRUINDMYLIF.I'M
WITCHINGTOGRUNT."

Here's What Happened:

0.Alllistsstartwith0.
1.WeswitchranchesinGit.
2.Gitnoticesthatthe le"main.js"hassomedi erencesetween
ranches.
3.Gitdeletestheexisting"main.js" lefromourprojectfolder.
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4.CodeKitseesthat"main.js"haseendeleted.Itsas,"Cool.Wecan
forgetthesettingswehadforthat le."
5.Gitnowre-createsa lenamed"main.js"withthecontentofour
newranch.
6.CodeKitseesthatanew lenamed"main.js"haseencreated.
7.incetherearenosavedsettingsforthis le,CodeKitappliesthe
defaultoptionswehavespeci edfortheproject.oom:ourcustom
lesettingshavewarpedacktothedefaultsforJ lesinthis
project!

Here's How To Avoid It:

0.PauseCodeKit's le-watching.
1.Git.
2.Un-pauseCodeKit's lewatching.
3.endrananapologemail.

It'ssupereastopauseCodeKit:justhitcommand + option + control

+ /(It'sthethreekesnexttothespacear,plusaslashlikeou're
tpingacomment!)Thisshortcutisgloal;itworksevenifCodeKitis
intheackground.OrchooseFile > Pause File Watchingfrom
CodeKit'smenu.

Antimeou'regoingtoperformaGitactionthatwillchangeman
lesatonce(apull,ranch-switch,etc.)ouneedtopauseCodeKit's
le-watching rst.That'sallthereistoit!

Why Can't CodeKit Just Auto-Ignore Git Changes?

RIGHT?CodeKitgets le-changeinformationdirectlfromtheOX
kernel.Thetrouleisthatthekerneldoesn'treportwhatcauseda le-
changeevent;itjustreportsthattheeventhappened.o,toCodeKit,

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a le-deleteeventfromGitlooksexactlliketheeventthathappens
whenoudraga letothetrash.Theappcan'ttellthedi erence.

I'veaskedApplengineeringtoimproveOXincludingthe
processIDofwhateverappcauseda le-changeevent.Their
responsesofarhaseen:"HOWDARYOUPAKTOU,
PAANT."ThenthesendoMans eldafterme.You'dthinko
can'trunthatfast.Youwouldewrong.

What About CodeKit's Config File?

CodeKitstoresprojectsettingsinaspecial lenamed
"con g.codekit".LetGittrackthis leandcommititalongwiththerest
ofourproject.ThisishowousncCodeKitsettingsacrossteams.
Youchangeasetting,thencommitourcon g.codekit le.Your
teammatepullstherepoandgetsournewcon g le.Whensheun-
pausesCodeKit,theappwillimmediatelapplthesettingsfromthe
newcon g leandoomou'reothonthesamesettings.

Thecon g.codekit leisplain-textJON,socon ictsareeasil

resolved.Justcomparethecontentsofthecon ictingversionsand
choosetheonethathasthesettingsouwant.

Ithelpsalotifoustartateamprojectgettingeveroneonthethe
sameinitialsettings.Haveonepersontweaksettingsasneeded,
committheircon g.codekit leandthenhaveeveroneelsepullthat
downandstartworkingfromthere.

And nall,don'tforgetthatsettingsmachangeifouswitch
ranches!Youmighthavea"deug"ranchwhereousetCodeKitto
createsourcemaps,andsoon.Then,oumighthavea"release"
ranchwheresourcemapsareo andeverthingismini ed.ach
ranchhasadi erentcon g.codekit lethatcontainsdi erent
settings.WhenouswitchandunpauseCodeKit,theappwarpsto
ournewsettingsfromthatranch.
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How I Use Git

Incorrectl.

No, Seriously, How Do You Use Git?

Forme,GitislikeTimeMachine:awatoackupmworkandroll
acktoapreviousversionwhenIrealizeIhaveminternhas
seriouslscrewedup.

Branches
Idon'tusetoomanranches.IfIranch,it'sformajorthings.LikeifI
weretheoreticallworkingonCodeKit3,I'dhaveaseparateranch
sothatIcouldswitchacktom2.0ranchandcontinuereleasing
updatesfortheexistingapp.

ImightcreatearanchforamajornewfeatureifIexpecttoe
workingonitforalongtime.Otherwise,Itendtouseasingle"main"
ranchandjustcommitasIgo.Manofmcommitsarewiththerepo
ina"working"state,meaningit'snotreadforrelease.(Didoufeel
that?AllofiliconVallejustshudderedindisgust.)Ido,however,
placeacommiteachtimeIreleaseanupdatetothepulic.Thatwa,
Icanalwasgoacktoacertainreleaseandrancho ofitifasuper
criticalugpopsupthatIneedto ximmediatel.

Commitment Issues
IfIcouldgiveouonlasinglelifetip,itwoulde:"commitmore
often."

Thissituationhappenstomealot:Ihaven'tpushedancommitsfora
week.Imakeaunchofchangestosome lewith7,500linesof
code.ThechangesIjustmadetodaarestupid.ThechangesImade
tothis lefourdasagowouldmakegrownmenwith350,000
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reputationontackOver owweepwithjo."hould...havesent...a
poet."onowI'vegotthis lewithchangesIDOwantandchangesI
don't.Andsoeginstheprocessof"Lohan-ization"whereinIattempt
tosortoutagiganticfreakingmessundercourtsupervisionand,
usuall,alcohol.

Critical Dependencies
I'vealsolearnedtoneverupdatedependenciesacrossranches.
("NVRcrossthestreams!")Forexample:CodeKit,justlike9,592
otherapps,usesparkleforupdate-checking.Afewmonthsago,I
updatedparkleonaseparateranchandthenmergedthose
changestom"main"ranch.Ishippedanupdate.Turnsout,Git
incorrectlmergedsome lesthatmakeupparkleandrokethe
wholedamnthing.Thiswasahugeprolemecauseitleftmusers
strandedonanoldversionoftheappwithoutaworkingupdate-
checker,thewouldneverseeanfuturereleases!Inevergotan
con ictsorerrors;parklejustsilentlroke.

No Teams
IshouldpointoutthatthisstleofGitting(isthatawordoutsideof
Alaama?crewit,I'mmakingitaword.)worksformeecauseI'm
notinateamenvironment.Ifou'reworkingwithotherdevelopers,
oushouldproalreadaettertutorialonGitwork ows.

So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

othereouhaveit.MtakeonGit.Plusatleast41popculture
references.Ifouneedme,I'm@dkjonesonTwitterand,ifou'll
excuseme,I'mnowgoingtogetacktoimprovingCodeKit.ecause
mdoorsstillgolikethis:<---->andnotlikethis:^----^.42.

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