Reorder commands: commit before pull --rebase

Co-authored-by: jbranchaud <694063+jbranchaud@users.noreply.github.com>

README.md

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ A collection of concise write-ups on small things I learn day to day across a
 variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really
 warrant a full blog post. These are things I've picked up by [Learning In
 Public™](https://dev.to/jbranchaud/how-i-built-a-learning-machine-45k9) and
-working across different projects via [VisualMode](https://www.visualmode.dev/).
+pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://visualmode.kit.com/newsletter).
 
-_1725 TILs and counting..._
+_1715 TILs and counting..._
 
 See some of the other learning resources I work on:
 
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Clean Up Your Brew Installations](brew/clean-up-your-brew-installations.md)
 - [Configure Brew Environment Variables](brew/configure-brew-environment-variables.md)
 - [Export List Of Everything Installed By Brew](brew/export-list-of-everything-installed-by-brew.md)
-- [Install From Nonstandard Brewfile](brew/install-from-nonstandard-brewfile.md)
 - [Install Go Packages In Brewfile](brew/install-go-packages-in-brewfile.md)
 - [List All Services Managed By Brew](brew/list-all-services-managed-by-brew.md)
 
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 ### Claude Code
 
-- [Allow Edits From The Start](claude-code/allow-edits-from-the-start.md)
 - [Monitor Usage Limits From CLI](claude-code/monitor-usage-limits-from-cli.md)
 - [Open Current Prompt In Default Editor](claude-code/open-current-prompt-in-default-editor.md)
 
@@ -350,7 +348,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Count Number Of Commits On A Branch](git/count-number-of-commits-on-a-branch.md)
 - [Create A New Branch With Git Switch](git/create-a-new-branch-with-git-switch.md)
 - [Delete All Untracked Files](git/delete-all-untracked-files.md)
-- [Determine Absolute Path Of Top-Level Project Directory](git/determine-absolute-path-of-top-level-project-directory.md)
 - [Determine The Hash Id For A Blob](git/determine-the-hash-id-for-a-blob.md)
 - [Diffing With Patience](git/diffing-with-patience.md)
 - [Dropping Commits With Git Rebase](git/dropping-commits-with-git-rebase.md)
@@ -426,7 +423,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Show What Is In A Stash](git/show-what-is-in-a-stash.md)
 - [Single Key Presses in Interactive Mode](git/single-key-presses-in-interactive-mode.md)
 - [Skip A Bad Commit When Bisecting](git/skip-a-bad-commit-when-bisecting.md)
-- [Skip Git Hooks As Needed](git/skip-git-hooks-as-needed.md)
 - [Skip Pre-Commit Hooks](git/skip-pre-commit-hooks.md)
 - [Staging Changes Within Vim](git/staging-changes-within-vim.md)
 - [Staging Stashes Interactively](git/staging-stashes-interactively.md)
@@ -504,7 +500,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 ### Heroku
 
-- [Check Ruby Version For Production App](heroku/check-ruby-version-for-production-app.md)
 - [Connect To A Database By Color](heroku/connect-to-a-database-by-color.md)
 - [Deploy A Review App To A Different Stack](heroku/deploy-a-review-app-to-a-different-stack.md)
 - [Diagnose Problems In A Heroku Postgres Database](heroku/diagnose-problems-in-a-heroku-postgres-database.md)
@@ -550,7 +545,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Focus The URL Bar](internet/focus-the-url-bar.md)
 - [Get Random Images From Unsplash](internet/get-random-images-from-unsplash.md)
 - [Grab The RSS Feed For A Substack Blog](internet/grab-the-rss-feed-for-a-substack-blog.md)
-- [Hide Overflowing Text For Google Sheets Column](internet/hide-overflowing-text-for-google-sheets-column.md)
 - [Search Tweets By Author](internet/search-tweets-by-author.md)
 - [Show All Pivotal Stories With Blockers](internet/show-all-pivotal-stories-with-blockers.md)
 - [Verify Site Ownership With DNS Record](internet/verify-site-ownership-with-dns-record.md)
@@ -752,7 +746,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 - [Create Umbrella Task For All Test Tasks](mise/create-umbrella-task-for-all-test-tasks.md)
 - [List The Files Being Loaded By Mise](mise/list-the-files-being-loaded-by-mise.md)
-- [Look In Ruby Version Dotfile](mise/look-in-ruby-version-dotfile.md)
 - [Preserve Color Output For Task Command](mise/preserve-color-output-for-task-command.md)
 - [Read Existing Dot Env File Into Env Vars](mise/read-existing-dot-env-file-into-env-vars.md)
 - [Run A Command With Specific Tool Version](mise/run-a-command-with-specific-tool-version.md)
@@ -1611,7 +1604,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 ### Unix
 
 - [All The Environment Variables](unix/all-the-environment-variables.md)
-- [Apply Successive Filters To Lines In Less](unix/apply-successive-filters-to-lines-in-less.md)
 - [Authorize A cURL Request](unix/authorize-a-curl-request.md)
 - [Cat A File With Line Numbers](unix/cat-a-file-with-line-numbers.md)
 - [Cat Files With Color Using Bat](unix/cat-files-with-color-using-bat.md)
@@ -1642,11 +1634,9 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Curling For Headers](unix/curling-for-headers.md)
 - [Curling With Basic Auth Credentials](unix/curling-with-basic-auth-credentials.md)
 - [Determine ipv4 And ipv6 Public IP Addresses](unix/determine-ipv4-and-ipv6-public-ip-addresses.md)
-- [Diff Two Files In Unified Format](unix/diff-two-files-in-unified-format.md)
 - [Different Ways To Generate A v4 UUID](unix/different-ways-to-generate-a-v4-uuid.md)
 - [Display All The Terminal Colors](unix/display-all-the-terminal-colors.md)
 - [Display Free Disk Space](unix/display-free-disk-space.md)
-- [Display Line Numbers While Using Less](unix/display-line-numbers-while-using-less.md)
 - [Display The Contents Of A Directory As A Tree](unix/display-the-contents-of-a-directory-as-a-tree.md)
 - [Do A Dry Run Of An rsync](unix/do-a-dry-run-of-an-rsync.md)
 - [Do Not Overwrite Existing Files](unix/do-not-overwrite-existing-files.md)
@@ -2066,7 +2056,7 @@ I shamelessly stole this idea from
 
 ## License
 
-© 2015-2026 Josh Branchaud
+© 2015-2025 Josh Branchaud
 
 This repository is licensed under the MIT license. See `LICENSE` for
 details.

Taskfile.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ tasks:
   notes:sync:
     desc: Sync latest changes from the notes submodule
     cmds:
-      - cd {{.NOTES_DIR}} && git checkout main && git pull
+      - git submodule update --remote {{.NOTES_DIR}}
+      - cd {{.NOTES_DIR}} && git checkout main
     silent: false
 
   notes:open:
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - git status
 
+  notes:pull:
+    desc: Pull latest changes (alias for sync)
+    cmds:
+      - task notes:sync
+
   notes:diff:
     desc: Show uncommitted changes in notes
     dir: '{{.NOTES_DIR}}'

brew/install-from-nonstandard-brewfile.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Install From Nonstandard Brewfile
-
-When you want to install the packages listed in the `Brewfile` for your current
-project (or dotfiles), you can run:
-
-```bash
-$ brew bundle
-```
-
-And `brew` knows to look for and use the `Brewfile` in the current directory.
-
-If, however, you are trying to run `brew bundle` for a `Brewfile` located
-somewhere besides the current directory *OR* you want to target a file with a
-non-standard name (like
-[`Brewfile.personal`](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/main/Brewfile.personal)),
-then you can use the `--file` flag.
-
-```bash
-$ brew bundle --file Brewfile.personal
-```
-
-This is what I do [here in my `dotfiles`
-repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/b053f6251cae7ed52f698fc2a2c40ba82c5881b0/installer/mac-setup.sh#L42-L48).
-
-See `man brew` and find the section on `brew bundle` for more details.

claude-code/allow-edits-from-the-start.md

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Allow Edits From The Start
-
-A common pattern for me when using Claude Code is that I start it up in a
-project, I prompt it with a question or feature spec, it either comes up with a
-plan or just starts working, and as soon as it is ready to make its first edits
-to a file, it prompts me something like:
-
-```
- Do you want to make this edit to Taskfile.yml?
- ❯ 1. Yes
-   2. Yes, allow all edits during this session (shift+tab)
-   3. Type here to tell Claude what to do differently
-```
-
-That's a nice default so that I don't get surprised by Claude Code editing a
-bunch of files.
-
-However, if I'm in a git-backed project and I'm going into a session intending
-to make edits, then I can skip the formalities. I can tell Claude Code when
-starting up the session that edits are allowed.
-
-```sh
-$ claude --permission-mode acceptEdits
-```
-
-When I do this, I'll see the following indicator below the prompt input field:
-
-```
-  ⏵⏵ accept edits on (shift+tab to cycle)
-```
-
-If I've already started `claude` but I forgot to specify that permission mode, I
-can also toggle right into _accept edits_ by hitting `Shift+Tab`.
-
-[source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8)

git/determine-absolute-path-of-top-level-project-directory.md

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Determine Absolute Path Of Top-Level Project Directory
-
-The `git rev-parse` command is a git plumbing command for parsing different
-kinds of things in git into a canonical form that can be used in a deterministic
-way by scripts. I would typically think of using it to work with branch names,
-tags, and other kinds of refs.
-
-There is a handy, sorta off-label use for it in determining the absolute path of
-the root directory for the current git repository. Use the `--show-toplevel`
-flag with no other arguments.
-
-```bash
-❯ git rev-parse --show-toplevel
-/Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til
-```
-
-Here, I am in the local copy of [my TIL repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/til). This command gives me the absolute
-path of the top-level directory where that `.git` directory resides.
-
-This is useful for scripts that need to orient themselves to the current
-project's top-level directory regardless of what directory they are being
-executed from. This is useful for things like a git hook script or monorepos
-with scripts located in a specific sub-project directory.
-
-Also worth mentioning is the `--show-superproject-working-tree` flag. In my TIL
-repo, I have a private repository included as a submodule. Within that directory
-`--show-toplevel` will produce the absolute path to the submodule. If I instead
-want the absolute path of the _super project_ (in this case TIL), then I can use
-this other flag.
-
-```bash
-❯ git rev-parse --show-toplevel
-/Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til/notes
-
-❯ git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree
-/Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til
-```
-
-See `man git-rev-parse` for more details.

git/skip-git-hooks-as-needed.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Skip Git Hooks As Needed
-
-Projects have Git hooks configured for all sorts of reasons. Most common are
-`pre-commit` hooks which verify certain aspects of the contents of a commit.
-A `pre-commit` hook could check that the tests all pass, that the changes don't
-include any debugging statements, and so forth. There are all kinds of hooks
-though, like `pre-rebase` and `post-checkout`.
-
-These hooks can sometimes get in the way and we may need to skip or disable them
-on a one-off basis.
-
-Several Git commands offer a `--no-verify` flag which can skip running the hook
-associated with that command.
-
-- `git commit --no-verify` (skips `pre-commit` and `commit-msg` hooks)
-- `git push --no-verify` (skips `pre-push` hook)
-- `git merge --no-verify` (skips `pre-merge-commit` hook)
-- `git am --no-verify` (skips `applypatch-msg` and `pre-applypatch` hooks)
-
-If you look in the `.git/hooks` directory, there are several other hooks not
-covered by the above. So, what if I am doing an action like `git checkout` and I
-want to skip the `post-checkout` hook?
-
-I can override the `hooksPath` config for that one command with the `-c` flag.
-
-```sh
-$ git -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null checkout ...
-```
-
-By setting it to `/dev/null`, it will find *no* hooks available, so none will be
-executed for this command.
-
-See `man git-config` for more details on `core.hooksPath`.

heroku/check-ruby-version-for-production-app.md

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Check Ruby Version For Production App
-
-While deploying a fresh Rails app to Heroku recently, I ran into an issue. The
-`it` block argument wasn't working despite being on Ruby 4.0. Or so I thought.
-
-Running the following command reported the Ruby version of that Heroku server
-instance:
-
-```bash
-❯ heroku run -- ruby --version
-Running ruby --version on ⬢ my-app... up, run.3090
-ruby 3.3.9 (2025-07-24 revision f5c772fc7c) [x86_64-linux]
-```
-
-I was on `3.3.9` which must have been the fallback default at the time.
-
-Though I had set the Ruby version in my `.ruby-version` file, I had neglected to
-specify it in the `Gemfile` as well. Once I added it to the `Gemfile` and
-redeployed, my Heroku server instance was running the expected version of Ruby.
-
-```bash
-❯ heroku run -- ruby --version
-Running ruby --version on ⬢ my-app... up, run.5353
-ruby 4.0.0 (2025-12-25 revision 553f1675f3) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]
-```
-
-Note: because [I have set `HEROKU_ORGANIZATION` and
-`HEROKU_APP`](set-default-team-and-app-for-project.md) in my environment
-(`.envrc`) for the local copy of the app, I don't need to specify those when
-running the `heroku run` command above.
-
-See `heroku run --help` for more details.

internet/hide-overflowing-text-for-google-sheets-column.md

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Hide Overflowing Text For Google Sheets Column
-
-I imported a big CSV into a new Google Sheets document. This included a
-"Description" column with many of the descriptions varying between 50 and 80
-characters. The bottom line is that the description column was flowing over the
-top of the columns next to it. Instead of expanding the width of that column as
-far as the largest description, I wanted to hide the _overflow_.
-
-The way to do this in Google Sheets is to highlight the entire column by
-clicking on the column grouping. Then under the _Format_ menu item is a
-_Wrapping_ submenu. The _Clip_ option is what I was looking for because it clips
-the text that gets shown at the edge of the column.

mise/look-in-ruby-version-dotfile.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Look In Ruby Version Dotfile
-
-Newer versions of [`mise`](https://mise.jdx.dev/dev-tools/) specifically only
-look for tool versions in `mise.toml` as well as the asdf `.tool-versions` file.
-A lot of Ruby projects use the `.ruby-version` file to indicate the Ruby version
-of a project. To continue to use the `.ruby-version` file instead of migrating
-to `mise.toml`, you need to tell `mise` that you prefer to use the idiomatic
-version file.
-
-I added the following line to my
-[`~/.config/mise/config.toml`](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/commit/8edeb7a9c53500e89e88b4079cbd1859ebebcbda)
-file:
-
-```toml
-idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools = ["ruby"]
-```
-
-Now, whenever `mise` is looking for the specified Ruby version of a project, it
-will also look for `.ruby-version`.
-
-Here is a [full list of idomatic version files supported by
-`mise`](https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration.html#idiomatic-version-files).
-
-See
-[`idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools`](https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration/settings.html#idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools)
-as well as the [Ruby-specific documentation](https://mise.jdx.dev/lang/ruby.html#ruby-version-and-gemfile-support)
-for more details.

unix/apply-successive-filters-to-lines-in-less.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Apply Successive Filters To Lines In Less
-
-Let's say I've opened a large Rails log file with `less`:
-
-```bash
-$ less logs/development.log
-```
-
-I have an idea of what I'm looking for, but there is way more noise than signal.
-I can start to filter out some of the noise. The `&` command starts a filter
-prompt. If I start to filter by something like `INSERT INTO`, then a ton of
-lines disappear leaving just those matching that pattern.
-
-Scrolling through the current set of lines, I start to have a better idea of
-what I'm looking for, but there is still too much noise. I can apply an
-additional successive filter on the remaining lines by hitting `&` again and
-entering in another pattern -- e.g. `GoodJob`.
-
-Now I only see lines that contain both `INSERT INTO` and `GoodJob` somewhere in
-them.
-
-As `less` puts it:
-
-> Multiple & commands may be entered, in which case only lines which match all
-> of the patterns will be displayed.
-
-If I want to undo all the filtering, I just need to enter an empty `&` filter
-prompt and it will reset things back to displaying all lines.
-
-> If pattern is empty (if you type & immediately followed by ENTER), any
-> filtering is turned off, and all lines are displayed.
-
-See `man less` for more details.

unix/diff-two-files-in-unified-format.md

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Diff Two Files In Unified Format
-
-The `diff` command is a standalone utility that can be used to get the
-difference between two files. It is similar to what you might expect when
-running `git diff` which compares two different versions of the same file. The
-`diff` command predates `git` and its unified format is what became the standard
-that `git` uses for its own diff implementation.
-
-Running `diff` with two files as is gives output like the following:
-
-```bash
-❯ diff startup.sh startup2.sh
-10,13c10,14
-< declare -A SESSIONS=(
-<   ["TIL"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
-<   ["PLP"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
-<   ["client-app"]="$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
----
-> # Sessions will be created in the order listed here
-> SESSIONS=(
->   "TIL:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
->   "PLP:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
->   "client-app:$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
-73,74c74,75
-<   for session_name in TIL PLP client-app; do
-<     IFS=':' read -r directory setup_function <<<"${SESSIONS[$session_name]}"
----
->   for session_config in "${SESSIONS[@]}"; do
->     IFS=':' read -r session_name directory setup_function <<<"$session_config"
-```
-
-That's readable at a glance, but the unified format (with the `-u` flag) can
-provide more context:
-
-```bash
-❯ diff -u startup.sh startup2.sh
---- startup.sh  2026-01-10 12:46:52
-+++ startup2.sh 2026-01-10 12:48:00
-@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
-
- # Session configurations
- # Format: "session_name:directory:setup_function"
--declare -A SESSIONS=(
--  ["TIL"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
--  ["PLP"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
--  ["client-app"]="$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
-+# Sessions will be created in the order listed here
-+SESSIONS=(
-+  "TIL:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
-+  "PLP:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
-+  "client-app:$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
- )
-
- # Setup function for TIL session
-@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@
-   echo ""
-
-   # Create sessions in order
--  for session_name in TIL PLP client-app; do
--    IFS=':' read -r directory setup_function <<<"${SESSIONS[$session_name]}"
-+  for session_config in "${SESSIONS[@]}"; do
-+    IFS=':' read -r session_name directory setup_function <<<"$session_config"
-     create_session "$session_name" "$directory" "$setup_function"
-   done
-```
-
-Here we get additional context like surrounding lines and file name details.
-
-While this is useful on its own, it also has the added benefit of making the
-output compatible with other tools we may already be using. For instance, I'm
-already using [delta](https://github.com/dandavison/delta) as my [git pager](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/main/gitconfig#L51) and [git differ](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/main/gitconfig#L139).
-
-With the unified format, I can pipe the output directly to `delta` to get a
-better view of the diff that is colorized and includes syntax highlighting.
-
-```bash
-❯ diff -u startup.sh startup2.sh | delta
-```

unix/display-line-numbers-while-using-less.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Display Line Numbers While Using Less
-
-Including line numbers while viewing files with `less` can provide useful
-context for understanding where you are within the file. This is especially true
-if you've used `&` to filter down to lines that match a pattern.
-
-You can start `less` with line numbers with the `-N` flag (or `--LINE-NUMBERS`
-if you really want to spell it out).
-
-```bash
-$ less -N log/development.log
-```
-
-If you've already started up `less` and wish you had included line numbers,
-there is no reason to restart it with the flag. Instead, toggle the line numbers
-option on within the `less` process. To do this, type `-N`. It will prompt you
-with `Constantly display line numbers (press RETURN)`. Hit enter and line
-numbers will appear to the left of each line in the file.
-
-Similarly, to toggle line numbers back off within `less`, hit `-n` (lower-case
-`n`), accept the prompt, and back off they go.
-
-Both of these (`-N`/`-n`) are options being set (toggled) via the `-` command.
-There are many other options like these that can be configured within a `less`
-session in the same way.
-
-See `man less` and find the `-` command and the available `OPTIONS`.