Our first reader submitted tip comes from Dav Glass, and it elaborates on a command used to keep your repository nice and tidy.

Stashing is a fantastic way to temporarily set aside your current work and return to it later. Imagine you’re developing a new feature and suddenly need to fix a critical bug.

One common source of confusion among Git beginners is the misconception that adding a file to the .gitignore file will erase it from the repository’s history.

Pushing and deleting remote branches are common actions that many Git users need to perform regularly. However, some users may forget how to do so or simply not know the process.

We don’t always want Git to track everything in our projects, whether it’s compiled source code, files containing passwords, or temporary files created by editors.