Another Friday, another roundup courtesy of Danny and Derek. This week: in Gaza, Israel carries out a hostage rescue operation, massacring more Palestinian civilians in the process (0:30), while ceasefire talks amble along (10:54); Israel also kills a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon prompting an armed response (14:32); the field is finalized for Iran’s upcoming presidential election (17:41); in Myanmar, rebels advance in Rakhine State (21:21); tensions rise between the DPRK/North Korea and South Korea (24:20); an update on Sudan and the situation in El Fasher (28:44); coalition talks begin in South Africa in the wake of the recent election (30:31); the Right sees wins in European Parliament elections, plus Macron tries a gambit amidst the fallout in France (35:20); the G7 meets and pledges further support for Ukraine (41:26); the US considers expanding its nuclear arsenal (44:14); and a new Pew poll finds that global support for America/Biden is declining (46:03).

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In light of recent health news about Noam Chomsky, we wanted to re-release Danny and Derek’s discussion with him from 2022.

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Danny and Derek sit down with linguist and antiwar critic Noam Chomsky to discuss his biography and a bunch of other subjects, from the responsibility of intellectuals to the antiwar movement to what to do in our present situation. This is the first of two parts. 

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We all know how to use git commit --amend to fix up the very last commit.
How beautiful would it be to have a command like:

git commit --amend=3

to extend this power to fix up the 3rd to last — or any other past — commit?

Enter git fixup.

TL;DR

Add this alias to your .gitconfig:

[alias]
  fixup = "!f() { TARGET=$(git rev-parse $1); git commit --fixup=$TARGET ${@:2} && GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=true git rebase -i --autostash --autosquash $TARGET^; }; f"

Then, use it as follows:

• Make a change.
• Stage files with git add .
• Fix up the desider commit (git fixup <SHA-1>).
• Profit.

How it works

Rebase

Some devs are scared by the very notion of rebasing, but in fact a rebase is an embarassingly simple thing: just a series of cherry-picks.

With a tree such as:

* 84831ab  (HEAD -> branch) branch 3
* 65b297f  branch 2
* 66fe73c  branch 1
| * 7208745  (master) five
| * 6f3ab93  four
|/
* 85f4b7e  three
* 7011e1f  two
* 76ec393  one

rebasing branch on top of master with:

git rebase master

is just equivalent to:

git reset --hard master

git cherry-pick 66fe73c  # 1st commit
git cherry-pick 65b297f  # 2nd commit
git cherry-pick 84831ab  # 3rd commit

Interactive rebase

Adding the --interactive flag to git rebase lets you fine tune the series of cherry-picks before their execution.

If instead of the previous:

git rebase master

you run:

git rebase master --interactive

your preferred editor will pop-up, with this content:

pick 66fe73c 1st commit
pick 65b297f 2nd commit
pick 84831ab 3rd commit

This gives you the chance to do all sorts of magic before rebasing, such as

• re-arranging the cherry-picks in a different order
• squashing two of them together
• splitting commits
• modifying their messages

and the like.
In other words, --interactive creates a transient todo-list file, a little script of commands for Git to execute.

This is the first key to understanding how git fixup works.

Message-based commands

The second key revolves around a little known option of the git rebase command: --autosquash.

As a matter of fact, not only can the user edit the todo-list file, but Git itself also interprets the commit messages in search of commands. This is similar to the functionality often used with GitHub to close an issue by mentioning its number with a special syntax such as #fixes 42 in a commit message.

Indeed, during an interactive rebase:

If a commit message starts with “squash! “, “fixup! “ or “amend! “, the remainder of the subject line is taken as a commit specifier, which matches a previous commit if it matches the subject line or the hash of that commit.

In order to instruct Git to interpret those commands, you shall use the (confusingly named) --autosquash option.

So, the trick for fixing up the 3rd to last commit is to add a new commit with a properly forged message mentioning its message:

pick 3732234 fixup! 3rd commit
pick 66fe73c 1st commit
pick 65b297f 2nd commit
pick 84831ab 3rd commit

and then running an interactive rebase with the --autosquash option.

Letting Git forge the proper commit message

We are almost there. Let’s fine tune this idea. As a matter of fact, you don’t even have to type that message. Just type:

git commit --fixup 84831ab

and Git will diligently copy the 3rd to last commit message, prefixing it with fixup!.

Executing the rebase

Now it’s a matter of executing the interactive rebase, with this magic --autosquash option.
The only outstanding problem is that for this fixup to work, the rebase must be interactive and this is not what you wished: you don’t really want to be asked for any input. You prefer having a git fixup command completing all the necessary tasks without bothering you.

The trick is to use true as the interactive editor.
true is a little tiny program that does nothing, successfully (it takes 80 lines to do so).

Interpreting the alias

This should give you all the ingredients to interpret the alias.
If you are one of those horrible developers who refuse to copy-paste a snippet of code before they really understand it, here’s a breakdown.

It’s Magit!

Magit, the amazing Git client running on top of Emacs, offers a very convenient way for selecting the past commit to modify. Just make your change. Then, instead of committing on top of the last commit, run magit-commit-instant-fixup and select the commit you want to amend. That simple.

The feeling is like having a non-read-only Git history. So sweet!
If this is not enough, Magit offers a command called magit-rebase-edit-commit that lets you mark a past commit as editable and perform whatever change you desire.

Yes, Magit is magic. But, of course, under the hood, there’s nothing but a simple, fixup rebase.

Enjoy rewriting history!

References

• git-rebase(1)
• true(1)
  • Source code
• Emacs
• Magit
• Videos
  • Magit: Editing Past Commits
  • Magit: Instant Fixup

Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Benjamin Fogel, head of publishing at the Alameda Institute and contributing editor to Jacobin, to talk about the May 29 general election in South Africa wherein the African National Congress (ANC) lost its 30-year majority.

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Danny and Derek once again speak with Bryan Pitts, assistant director of the Latin American Institute at UCLA, this time to conclude our series on the history of Brazil. We’re now in the post-dictatorship era, with the group delving into the 1988 constitution, the economic and political situation of the 1990s, Lula da Silva’s political rise, he and the …

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Once again, it’s your patented AP News Roundup™. This week: in Palestine/Israel, Biden pushes a new ceasefire plan (0:30), an update on the situation on the ground in Gaza (8:06), Slovenia recognizes Palestinian statehood (11:37), and Congress (prematurely?) announces a Netanyahu visit (12:37); things further escalate between Hezbollah and Israel on the border with Lebanon (13:55); registration opens for candidates in Iran’s upcoming presidential election (16:45); India’s election sees another Modi victory, but the end of his BJP party’s 10-year majority (19:41); in Sudan, accusations of genocide in Darfur while another RSF atrocity is carried out in the country’s Gezira state (22:49); the results of South Africa’s election, where the African National Congress (ANC) has lost its parliamentary majority (25:21); Ukraine appears to have taken Blinken’s cue to begin using US/Western weapons in Russia (28:01); the results of Mexico’s election (31:02); Joe Biden issues a new executive order limiting asylum at the southern border (32:06); and the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that May 2024 confirms 12 consecutive months of record-breaking global temperatures (35:12).

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Derek welcomes back to the program Ashoka Mody, Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, to talk about this week’s election in India. They discuss the issues facing voters, Modi’s presidential victory, his Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) surprise loss of i…

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A surprising guest appears at the Met Gala, and Rishi Sunak has an urgent message for Elon Musk.

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Danny and Derek are once again joined by Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, this time to break down Sunday’s presidential election in Mexico. Topics include reactions to Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory, what we might expect in her upcoming tenure, and what this means for left-wing movements around the world.

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Danny and Derek welcome back Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, to discuss the election happening Sunday, June 2, wherein left-wing party MORENA’s Claudia Sheinbaum will face the conservative National Action Party’s Xóchitl Gálvez and center-left Citizen’s Movement’s Jorge Máynez to see who will succeed Andrés M…

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Headlines for June 04, 2024; A Setback for the “Cult of Modi”? Indian Opposition Faring Surprisingly Well in Early Election Count; El Salvador’s “Coolest Dictator” Bukele Begins Controversial Second Term with Backing from Biden & Trump; “More Than a Symbolic Victory”: Mexican Women’s Movement Paved Way for Election of 1st Female President; “The Trauma Is Unimaginable”: Save the Children CEO Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza, More Focus on Congo

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Over at the Emacs subreddit, InstinctsInFlow says that he’s a PhD student in computer engineering who has been using Emacs for a couple of years because of its support for VHDL coding. He really likes Emacs and want to find better ways of using it so he asked for advice on using Emacs as a PhD student.

I found the answers in the comments to be particularly useful. InstinctsInFlow does his coding in Python so he was particularly interested in how to use Emacs with Python in an optimal manner. Everyone has an opinion on this, it seems, but the suggestions were all good.

The other thing that almost everyone mentioned was, of course, Org mode. If you’re a PhD student, you’re going to be doing a lot of writing. Writing that’s apt to include a bunch of mathematics and there are really only two choices¹: Org mode or LaTeX. It’s certainly true that LaTeX gives you finer control but not much finer and in almost all cases Org is fine and it’s always easier.

There are some other good recommendations. If you’re interested in using Emacs for your PhD studies, take a look at the post. It’s short and has some good suggestions.

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Danny and Derek are innocent, with news to boot. This week: in Gaza, Israeli bombs displaced Palestinians in tents (0:29) despite the ICJ ruling calling for a halt in that operation (4:36), global opinion on Palestine continues to shift (7:12), Egyptian-Israeli border clashes (13:59), and more; some developments regarding Iran’s nuclear program (18:19); a summit attended by representatives of China, South Korea, and Japan (22:35); the DPRK/North Korea has a failed satellite launch (25:55); an update on Sudan, namely the besieged city of El Fasher (27:56); the Burkina Faso military junta delays the transition to civilian control (29:54); in Ukraine news, Vladimir Putin hints at a ceasefire recognizing the current territorial status (34:22) while Antony Blinken hints at the US greenlighting Ukraine using American long-range weapons to strike Russia (36:09); in Mexico, a presidential election on Sunday (39:56) while Mexico City is on the verge of losing its water supply (41:59).

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Chief Chapo foreign correspondent returns to take us around the wide world of conflict. We get an update on the war in Gaza including the bombing of Rafah, the failing floating Pier, and the Biden administration's attempts to broker some kind of deal between Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia without gaining any concessions or movement toward peace in the process. Plus, we discuss the death or Iranian president Raisi, the situation in Ukraine, and what the hell’s going on in French New Caledonia.

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Headlines for May 29, 2024; “A Narrative of Trump Criminality”: Jury Begins Deliberations in Hush Money Case; “The North Needs to Learn from the South”: Mexico Poised to Elect First Woman President; “America’s Monster”: How a U.S. Ally Kidnapped, Killed & Tortured Hundreds in Afghanistan

Ryan and Emily discuss US weapons being used in the deadly Rafah strike, US pier halts aid shipments, Israel caught hacking and threatening ICC prosecutors, US hypocrisy on foreign lobbying, Dems full blown freakout over 2024 polling, Jerry Seinfeld whines to Bari Weiss about Gaza protests, cops flip on Milei as Argentina currency collapses, Trump floats Assange pardon. 

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