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Git, diffs, patches - thinking in changes, not just code

Arindam Majumder on April 21, 2025

Orchestrating deliberate and meaningful changes to software systems continually is one of the core features of a good software development process....

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David Jones • Apr 22

Oh, wow. I thought I was good at writing changes. LOL. Seems like I have a lot to learn. anyways. Great piece. Can you write something on open-source best practices and stuff?

Arindam Majumder • Apr 24

Haha, we always keep learning.

When I was exploring, I too had this same feeling.

Really appreciate your support, David!

David Jones • Apr 25

Ya, But great write up.

Akshay bondre • Apr 22

Great Write up!

Arindam Majumder • Apr 24

Thanks for checking out, Akshay!

Hemath • Apr 22

Nice One,Arindam!

Arindam Majumder • Apr 24

Thanks for checking out!

Bap • Apr 23

Super well written article.

Arindam Majumder • Apr 23

Thanks a lot for supporting!

Shefali • Apr 23

Well written article, Arindam!

Arindam Majumder • Apr 23

Thanks for checking out Shefali!

Samuel Umoren • Apr 22

Great article. I loved the blend between concepts and actions in this piece. Most especially the "How to make atomic commits" section.

Brian Kirkpatrick • Apr 22

One realization that really helped my groking-git process was, nothing (by design principle) is ever deleted. Git history (as a series of related commits) is effectively immutable. If you ever find yourself trying to dig around to remove something, remember: git commit writes in stone. Anything else is fighting a core feature of the version control system.