Git tags are perfect for marking releases — and VS Code supports them, if you know where to look. Here’s how to create annotated tags, what the mysterious double prompt means, and why your tag isn’t showing up on GitHub.
Merging one Git branch into another is five lines on the command line — and a small treasure hunt in the VS Code UI. Here’s both ways, including where the Merge option is actually hiding.
Every git feature exists in VS Code — checkout, merge, sync, tags. The problem is where they all live. A tour of the three branch menus, the hidden merge option, what “sync” actually does, and how the whole thing could make sense.
F11 is just a convention — plenty of apps never implement it. On KDE Plasma, KWin can force any window into full screen from the outside: Alt+F3, an unbound shortcut worth binding, and Window Rules.
Fedora already ships the Google Chrome repository — disabled. One dnf5 command enables it. Plus: the dnf4 syntax trap in older guides, and why the manual RPM route gets updates after all.
I’ve just spun up a Vm of AlmaLinux 9 through Cockpit, but to my surprise it didn’t come with a desktop environment installed. It was an auto-download so probably didn’t contain any such components (it would come with GNOME by default). I had to do a little digging and found out how to install KDE, … Read more
Quick-reference steps for putting an Unreal Engine project under Git with LFS: the .gitignore, the .gitattributes, and committing in the correct order — plus a note on Perforce, Diversion, and Epic’s new Lore.
I have an exFAT partition on a dual-boot MacBook so both operating system can share data. macOS mounts it by default, but of course Linux would never be that practical. In KDE Plasma’s Dolphin I can click the unmounted partiton and the drive becomes available, but it means an additional step for me I’d like … Read more
