TIL an obscure git flag: --intent-to-add. Adds an empty file at a given path, so you can see new files as diffs:
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I'm experimenting with jj this weekend. It seems pretty nice so far, but the mental model is pretty different from git.
For example, there's no `checkout` command. You do `jj new ABC` to switch to a commit, which creates a new empty commit on top of ABC.
Crikey, users are asking ChatGPT about C++ undefined behaviour! Https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34706438
pop_back on an empty vector is UB apparently.
Arrays being truthy in JS still catches me out sometimes.
In Python or Lisp, empty lists are falsey and truthiness is safe and idiomatic.