git has an auto-correct flag
Written by Stefan Judis
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Here's a quick TIL: I just watched one of our weekly team calls and my new colleague Tilde shared that Git has an auto correct feature. Very useful. 👌
For now I'm running with the following config which gives me four seconds of time to cancel if the correction is not what I want.
[help]
autocorrect = 40
If you want to learn more have a look at the git docs.
Starting with git 2 autocorrect provides a new prompt configuration. The autocorrect options are now:
never– don't autocorrect (not helpful)immediate– autocorrect automatically (too much)40– autocorrect after a delay (doesn't feel right)prompt– ask if autocorrection should be applied (just perfect!)
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