Practical Perl Tools: Git Smart

In the very first paragraph, this column will attempt to be both contrite and useful (even to people who don’t like Perl). This issue, we’ll explore how Perl can improve your Git (git-scm.com) experience. But first, I must confess: I stole the title of this column from a most excellent Ruby gem (the heresy of mentioning it here!) found at github.com/geelen/git-smart. This gem adds a new subcommand “smart-pull” that knows how to do things like automatically stash work in progress so a “git pull” can succeed. Do check it out. But enough Ruby dalliance, let’s see what Perl can do for us.