Update Blog “assorted-git-things”

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-categories = ["dev"]
-date = "2024-10-01T13:57:00+05:30"
-lastmod = "2024-10-01T13:57:00+05:30"
-summary = "A running log of Git concepts I've learned since I started journaling"
-tags = ["git"]
 title = "Assorted Git things"
+date = 2024-10-01T13:57:00.000+05:30
+lastmod = 2024-12-29T19:47:00.000
+summary = "A running log of Git concepts I've learned since I started journaling"
+categories = [ "dev" ]
+tags = [ "git" ]
+draft = false
 +++
+When I asked for suggestions about note-taking apps [back in May](https://androiddev.social/@msfjarvis/112378523734491769) I wasn't fully convinced I'd be able to stick with it, but nearly 6 months later it has probably been the thing I've been most consistent about. Anyways, here's a rather short list of Git things off the ['TIL'](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/til) list in my Logseq graph. I'll keep adding new things to the top as they come up.
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+# GIT_EDITOR variable
 
-When I asked for suggestions about note-taking apps [back in May](https://androiddev.social/@msfjarvis/112378523734491769) I wasn't fully convinced I'd be able to stick with it, but nearly 6 months later it has probably been the thing I've been most consistent about. Anyways, here's a rather short list of Git things off the ['TIL'](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/til) list in my Logseq graph.
+While Git will usually pick the `$EDITOR` environment variable to present an edit UI for commit messages and rebase to-dos, it also supports [its own `$GIT_EDITOR`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-var#Documentation/git-var.txt-GITEDITOR) variable that can be used to set a Git-specific editor. This functionality can be leveraged from integrated terminals inside IDEs to allow writing commit message from the IDE without having to use their entire Git UI.
 
 # `git add`
 
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 Probably the biggest pain in the ass in all of Git land. Every time I've had to use a submodule, I've disliked the experience. Here's how to _properly_ get rid of a submodule in case you're switching to [git-subrepo](https://github.com/ingydotnet/git-subrepo) or a different solution.
 
-```
+```plain
 git submodule deinit -f path/to/module
 rm -rf .git/modules/path/to/module
 git config -f .gitmodules --remove-section submodule.path/to/module
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ While trying to configure [pass-git-helper](https://github.com/languitar/pass-gi
 
 Git credential helpers work via writing and reading from stdin and stdout which helped me debug an issue I was having with pass-git-helper. To get a credential helper to spit out the password, it needs to be called with `get` as the first argument and pass in some basic key=value data. The interaction looks somewhat like given below, with `<` indicating the stdin of the credential helper and `>` indicating its stdout.
 
-```
+```plain
 # for URL https://git.msfjarvis.dev/msfjarvis/super-private
 $ pass-git-helper get
 < protocol=https