The new version of IntelliJ IDEA is out, and I’m liking it. Gradle integration: creating a new project from a build.gradle was smooth and easy. Then when dependencies were added to the gradle file, the gradle plugin came in handy. One line added to build.gradle apply plugin: ‘idea’ and then one execution of gradle idea … Read moreIntelliJ IDEA 11
Today in Unit Testing, an evil framework class hid my important return value away in a private field. Groovy to the rescue! So far, all our code and tests are in Java. It took only two lines in build.gradle, as specified in the gradle documentation, and poof. I put my little test class in src/test/groovy/package/structure, … Read moreGradle is easy: Groovy tests
Want to apply just one commit from one branch into another branch? Don’t merge — that’ll bring in all the commits behind the one you want. The secret is: git cherry-pick To find the commit name, you can “git log “To see the contents of the commit, you can “git show “ Be in the … Read moreGit is hard: applying single commits to another branch
If you’re used to subversion and cvs, using git can be mind-bending. It does all the same things (and more), but nothing in quite the same way. Idiomatic git means creating local branches, doing lots of little commits, then altering your local commit history if needed before pushing to the shared repository. Today I tried … Read moreGit is hard: amending commit history