Quoting David Crawshaw
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Learn to automate nightly updates of your codebase by setting up a cron job to fetch upstream changes and rebase local changes
Action Steps
- Set up a nightly cron job using crontab -e
- Configure the cron job to execute a script that fetches upstream changes using git fetch
- Rebase all local changes on top of upstream using git rebase
- Test the software to ensure it works as intended
- Replace the current version with the updated one if tests pass
Who Needs to Know This
Developers and DevOps engineers can benefit from automating updates to ensure their codebase is always up-to-date and functional
Key Insight
💡 Automating updates can save time and reduce errors
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Set up a nightly cron job that executes the prompt: fetch upstream changes to the and rebase all local changes on top of upstream. Check that the software works as intended and replace the current version. — David Crawshaw , Devtools must be open source Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/
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