Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

6/23/2025, 4:11:43 PM

Public

Today's "I fucking hate git! I don't understand why people put up with git!" discovery:

Imagine you have a project with multiple submodules, some of which are optional.

You run:

git submodule update --init --recursive --progress

One of the optional submodules is taking too long. You CTRL-C.

*All* your submodules are now in an inconsistent state! If you run:

git submodule update --init --recursive --progress -- external/FNA

This is now a no-op, although external/FNA is not checked out.

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