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Using Git Reflog to Find a Lost Commit

Using Git Reflog to Find a Lost Commit

Handling commits and branches is at the core of a developer’s efforts when they use Git as a version control system. Whether you’re working locally and preserving changes for later inclusion in another branch via a merge or managing a remote repository with many different contributors, the need

What Is DX (Developer Experience)?

What Is DX (Developer Experience)?

Software development depends on a heap of intricately entwined factors to function. From perfect tooling to the right labor-distribution strategies, an optimal developer experience is borne of a great many details being carefully planned and consistently executed, right from the offset. Getting the developer experience just right can help boost

GitHub Code Review Best Practices

GitHub Code Review Best Practices

Contributing code to projects hosted on GitHub can be a great way to leverage distributed development processes and a remote working paradigm to the fullest. But what happens when your code contributions need to pass a sniff test before they make it into the main codebase? That's precisely where reviews

They Use Mergify: Databend

They Use Mergify

They Use Mergify: Databend

Every day, major projects use Mergify to automate their GitHub workflow. Whether they have a core team of 3 or 50 people, the one thing they all have in common is that the project leads are willing to let their developers focus on what’s really important—code. So we

On API Keys Best Practices

On API Keys Best Practices

APIs are everywhere. They became ubiquitous over the last years and every startup building a product is now ordered to offer them. They became a major selling point for any SaaS business. Engineering and product teams focus on the design of their API, from top to bottom, making sure they

How do I merge pull requests on GitHub?

How do I merge pull requests on GitHub?

Merging makes Git great, but it helps to know how and what you should do to get the most out of your merges. On GitHub, there are multiple merging options to choose from, and not all of them are perfect for your project's needs. Keep reading to learn what pull

Restoring Deleted Files from Git

Restoring Deleted Files from Git

Git is a great way to track and control the development of any type of software project, but issues like accidentally deleted files can quickly make for major headaches in your workflow. Thankfully, Git offers some simple solutions that you can use whenever you need to. We'll describe the details

They use Mergify: Milvus

They Use Mergify

They use Mergify: Milvus

Every day, major projects use Mergify to automate their GitHub workflow. Whether they have a core team of 3 or 50 people, the one thing they all have in common is that the project leads are willing to let their developers focus on what’s really important—code. So we

How do I start a project on GitHub?

How do I start a project on GitHub?

GitHub is a great resource for developers of all kinds to control and document their development efforts. New projects sprout up on the platform at an alarming rate and for good reason: GitHub simplifies many complex aspects of distributed development and code safeguarding. However, despite the platform's incredible power, not

Is GitHub Actions a CI?

Is GitHub Actions a CI?

CI has taken the development world by storm since its inception, giving distributed teams a safer and much more cohesive means of organizing contributions to a shared codebase. However, as new tools are made available to support CI, teams and leaders must sift through them to find options that match

What is the difference between a merge commit & a squash?

What is the difference between a merge commit & a squash?

Git and GitHub can be tricky tools to master, but the better you get at using them, the more secure and consistent [https://blog.mergify.com/github-security-best-practices/] your coding work can become. Developers around the world leverage a number of Git and GitHub workflows to streamline their progress. Some of

Running GitHub Actions only on certain pull requests

Running GitHub Actions only on certain pull requests

GitHub Actions is powerful and allows you to run various workflows on your pull requests. There is an entire marketplace [https://github.com/marketplace?category=&query=&type=actions&verification=] of actions that you can use, reuse, and abuse. GitHub Actions became a defacto standard for many developer teams that want

Is GitHub Action Better than Jenkins?

Is GitHub Action Better than Jenkins?

There is an ever-present need for fast, efficient, and scalable automation tools in the rapidly expanding continuous integration and deployment space. Entire platforms have been built around the critical concerns of teams following CI/CD tenets [https://blog.mergify.com/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline/] to streamline their workflows better. These platforms simplify the

4 Reflexions on the design of the Merge Queue Freeze

4 Reflexions on the design of the Merge Queue Freeze

Merge queues are at the center of the value offered by Mergify. The freeze feature we announced [https://blog.mergify.com/announcing-merge-queue-freezes/] a few days ago gives our merge queues a whole new range of possible use cases. You can now make your queues follow your product development life cycle.

How to handle checks timeout in an evolutive merge queue?

How to handle checks timeout in an evolutive merge queue?

Merge queues are a core component of Mergify. We implement new features regularly to provide new use possibilities. Their core mechanics also need to be adapted to support such evolutions. While testing and ensuring that any pull request fits perfectly into the main branch, time is a dimension that can

Announcing Merge Queue Freezes

Announcing Merge Queue Freezes

Our merge queues have evolved along with Mergify. We've introduced more features to support more use cases. Today we are glad to introduce a new feature to expand even more possibilities. We designed a feature that allows engineering teams to freeze their merge queues to provide more control and security

Handling unexpected third party API changes

Handling unexpected third party API changes

As you may guess, Mergify relies a lot on third-party APIs like the Stripe API [https://stripe.com/docs/api] or the GitHub API [https://docs.github.com/en/rest] and their behavior. Like any third-party service, we need to deal with many things to ensure our integration never breaks.

GitHub Security Best Practices

GitHub Security Best Practices

Managing a project on GitHub has its challenges. For many, mastering the entire Git workflow alone is enough to keep them busy for quite some time. However, beyond the basics of pulling, merging, commenting, and rebasing, super important security details loom like specters on the horizon, threatening to eradicate your

This is my Workflow: Elastic

This is my Workflow: Elastic

Have you ever wanted to be a 🪰 on the wall to see how your favorite open-source projects manage their GitHub workflows? At Mergify, eager to know more about our users, we were always curious to find out how they organize their branches, what tools and processes they employ, and their

How do you automate a pull request?

How do you automate a pull request?

A pull request makes communication, edits, and debugging more manageable through separate repositories that receive updates from the main repository. Enacting a pull request, though, can be time-consuming. Fortunately, developers can streamline the cumbersome process via pull request automation. Find out how you can expedite daily workflow through an intuitive

They use Mergify: Nordic Semiconductor

They Use Mergify

They use Mergify: Nordic Semiconductor

Every day, major projects use Mergify to automate their GitHub workflow. Whether they have a core team of 3 or 50 people, they all have in common that the project leads are willing to let their developers focus on what’s important—code. So we decided to meet with some

Mergify Changelog 2022Q1

Mergify Changelog 2022Q1

Now's the time to wrap the first quarter of 2022, and it's been a blast. We continued to grow, welcomed new people to the Mergify team, and shipped a few new features. We are proud to power more and more engineers teams worldwide with our automation tooling! Now, let's dive

They use Mergify: Wheatstalk

They use Mergify: Wheatstalk

Every day, major projects use Mergify to automate their GitHub workflow. Whether they have a core team of 3 or 50 people, the one thing they all have in common is that the project leads are willing to let their developers focus on what’s really important—code. So we

What is a CI/CD pipeline?

What is a CI/CD pipeline?

Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) play an instrumental role in most modern software development processes, allowing teams to push critical changes and updates into production code without overlooking vulnerabilities. Both of these components of modern development workflows improve code quality while empowering teams to maintain a consistent release

Why Is CI/CD Important in a DevOps Lifecycle?

Why Is CI/CD Important in a DevOps Lifecycle?

Fine-tuning the software development cycle is an ongoing process. You can never perfect it, but you can make continuous improvements. Having a CI/CD best practice [https://blog.mergify.com/4-ci-cd-best-practices/] in place is one way to streamline the cycle and improve overall efficiency. What is CI/CD? CI/CD

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