@matigo I suppose it does. I mean, I know it does. But say you did a major upgrade, and everything was working just fine, might you not want to start history again at day 0
// @lukasros
@lukasros Thanks for the encouragement. I did try, nothing went wrong (so far) and everything seems to be working as I expect.
One more question: As this really was a major cleanup, I wonder whether there is some way to get Git to abandon all the previous commits and just start from fresh again. I'm sure they don't take up a lot of storage or anything, but I know that I won't need any of them ever again. Or maybe it just isn't worth it.
// @matigo
@lukasros I'm not yet seeing error message because I have not tried to commit! There are so many changed files -- 240 of them according to SourceTree -- and I just don't know whether I should just sync them all.
Maybe I should just try.
/ @matigo
Help! I had a major meltdown on one of my sites that I keep on Github. I had to change all sorts of files in the local repository, and I am wondering what the best way to get back in sync might be.
Should I just Push all changes up to Github?
Or would I be better off uploading the files to a new branch and creating a Pull Request that I then accept?
Start again from scratch with a completely new Master at github?
Something else?
@jws That is a lot to be getting on with, but it also lays out a kind of road map, which is exactly what I was missing. If I can get this one thing I am writing polished today, I know what I will be starting tomorrow.
I can’t thank you enough.
@hazardwarning I have not upgraded TextExpander, and if I ever have to, Alfred will do the same job, just not quite so slickly.
// @matigo @jussipekonen
@jws That's helpful. I think what I lack, and have never really seen discussed in the few online courses and pages I have looked at, is how to set up a basic development environment suitable for a dabbler.
One reason I spent the weekend doing what I did is that I like how Script Debugger gives me a good view of what is going on. I can see whether my script will compile, view the value of variables at each stage, step through the command, etc etc.
So far, I have not yet come across, or managed to cobble together, a similar kind or arrangement for PHP or anything else.
It's that kind of thing, so often taken for granted, that I really need. Running a program with vardump() and echo and all that is much harder for me.
@jussipekonen I do find that one of the great benefits of "automation" -- even if it is only using something like TextExpander to type a sentence for me -- is consistency. So easy to make silly mistakes when doing it by hand.
// @matigo @hazardwarning
@jussipekonen I hear you. I read all these "productivity" posts about having Hazel look for this and Alfred do the other while the person concerned just sits there and I think "Do I really want to set that up?"
A classic, for me, is changing the filenames of things like bank statements and invoices. They're all basically meaningless, and I have a simple enough system, but I always end up doing it by hand because it is literally only a few minutes a month. I can spare that time.