rn-117: Add links to various articles, sites, and tools

Author: jnareb

rev_news/drafts/edition-117.md

@@ -99,12 +99,121 @@ __Various__
 
 __Light reading__
 
++ [The Bus Factor](https://mclare.blog/posts/the-bus-factor/)
+  by Maryanne Wachter (also known as <mclare> or m-clare) on her blog
+  (with visualizations built with Observable), and
+  [The github plugin my coworkers asked me not to write.](https://scannedinavian.com/the-github-plugin-my-coworkers-asked-me-not-to-write.html)
+  by Shae Erisson on Shae Erisson's Blog.
+    + The _bus factor_ is a measurement of the risk resulting from information and capabilities
+      not being shared among team members, derived from the phrase "in case they get hit by a bus".
+      It is also known as the bus problem, truck factor, bus/truck number or circus factor.
+      The "bus factor" is the minimum number of team members that have to suddenly disappear
+      from a project before the project stalls due to lack of knowledgeable or competent personnel.
+      (From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor)).
+    + Based on the ["A Novel Approach for Estimating Truck Factors"](https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06766)
+      paper from 2016 by Guilherme Avelino, Leonardo Passos, Andre Hora, and Marco Tulio Valente,
+      with many citations since.
+      Original implemetation available at <https://github.com/aserg-ufmg/Truck-Factor>.
++ [How we shrunk our Javascript monorepo git size by 94%](https://www.jonathancreamer.com/how-we-shrunk-our-git-repo-size-by-94-percent/)
+  Mentions using [git-sizer](https://github.com/github/git-sizer) tool
+  which was mentioned in passing in [Git Rev News Edition #37](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2018/03/21/edition-37/).
+  The work described in the article also led to adding `--path-walk` option to `git repack`
+  and `pack.usePathWalk` config option to Git,
+  and to the new experimental [`git survey`](https://github.com/microsoft/git/pull/667) command
+  (that for now is present in Microsoft's fork of Git),
++ [Deleted your fork. Is it gone? Not really…](https://ygreky.com/2024/07/deleted-your-fork-is-it-gone-not-really/)
+  Marta Rybczynska on Ygreky Blog.  Provides some recommendations for best practices
+  when using public forges.
+    + References [Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub](https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/anyone-can-access-deleted-and-private-repo-data-github)
+      blog post by Truffle Security, mentioned in [Git Rev News Edition #113](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2024/07/31/edition-113/).
+    + See also [Demystifying GitHub Private Forks - The Hidden Danger of Cached View](https://blog.gitguardian.com/demystifying-github-cached-views-the-hidden-danger/)
+      by Guillaume Valadon on GitGuardian Blog.
++ [How I configure my Git identities](https://www.benji.dog/articles/git-config/)
+  with the help of `git config` features: `includeIf` with `gitdir:` and with `hasconfig:`,
+  and with `~/.ssh/config` (and `insteadOf`, where needed).
+  Written by Benji Encalada Mora on their blog
+  (with comment "This may be overkill, but it works on my machine").
++ [When to rewrite Git history?](https://drewdeponte.com/blog/when-to-rewrite-git-history/)
+  (beside "Don't rewrite history once it is shared.").  Written by Drew De Ponte on his blog.
++ [[The Ultimate Guide to] Git Commit Creation](https://drewdeponte.com/blog/git-commit-creation/)
+  by Drew De Ponte on his blog.
++ [How to Use Git Stash to Efficiently Manage Your Code](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-use-git-stash-to-manage-code)
+  by Okoro Emmanuel Nzube on freeCodeCamp.
++ [Finding when a bug was fixed with git bisect](https://jvns.ca/til/finding-when-a-bug-was-fixed-with-git-bisect/)
+  in Julia Evans [TILs](https://jvns.ca/til/) (<b>T</b>oday <b>I</b> have <b>L</b>earned).
+    + Julia Evans wrote earlier a series of articles on Git, which were referenced in
+      Git Rev News from [Edition #103](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2023/09/30/edition-103/)
+      to [#111](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2024/05/31/edition-111/).
+    + She wrote two [zines](https://wizardzines.com/) about Git:
+      _[Oh shit, git!](https://wizardzines.com/zines/oh-shit-git/)_ and
+      _[How Git Works](https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/)_
++ [Quick tip: Ignore commits in Git blame using a file](https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2024/11/17/quick-tip-ignore-commits-in-git-blame-using-a-file/)
+  (recommended name is `.git-blame-ignore-revs`)
+  by Marijke Luttekes on her blog.
++ [4 reasons you should use Git for productivity, even if you aren't a developer](https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-should-use-git-productivity/)
+  by Adam Conway on XDA Developers blog.
+
+<!-- tangentially related to Git -->
+
++ [Doomed Keys and Hidden Threats: The Scariest Secrets in Your Repositories](https://blog.gitguardian.com/scary-secrets-2024/)
+  by Gaetan Ferry and
+  [The Extent of Hardcoded Secrets: From Development to Production](https://blog.gitguardian.com/the-extent-of-hardcoded-secrets-from-development-to-production/)
+  by Guillaume Valadon on GitGuardian Blog.
+
+
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 __Easy watching__
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 __Git tools and sites__
 
++ [GitFourchette](https://gitfourchette.org/) - The comfortable Git UI for Linux.
+  Under development; you can currenrly install it [with AppImage or from source](https://github.com/jorio/gitfourchette/releases).
+  Written in Python, using the Qt UI (via PyQt6/PySide6) and pygit2.  Under GPLv3 license.
++ [Changesets](https://github.com/changesets/changesets) is a tool
+  to manage versioning and changelogs with a focus on multi-package repositories (monorepos).
+  Written in TypeScript, under MIT license.
+    + See [What is a Monorepo?](https://monorepo.tools/#what-is-a-monorepo)
+      definition on <monorepo.tools> (this site was mentioned first in
+      [Git Rev News Edition #84](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2022/02/28/edition-84/)).
++ [Beachball](https://microsoft.github.io/beachball/): The Sunniest Semantic Version Bumper.
+  Tool for automating npm publishing.
+  Written in TypeScript, under MIT license.
++ [git-sizer](https://github.com/github/git-sizer) is a tool that computes various size metrics
+  for a Git repository, flagging those that might cause problems.
+  Written in Go, under MIT license.
+    + This tool was mentioned in passing in
+      [Git Rev News Edition #37](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2018/03/21/edition-37/).
++ [git-remote-s3](https://github.com/awslabs/git-remote-s3) is a library
+  that enables you to use Amazon S3 as a git remote and as a LFS server.<br>
+  It provides an implementation of a [git remote-helper](https://github.com/awslabs/git-remote-s3)
+  to use S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) as a serverless Git server, and
+  of the [git-lfs custom transfer](https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/docs/custom-transfers.md)
+  to enable pushing LFS managed files to the same S3 bucket used as remote.
+  Written in Python, under Apache 2.0 license.
++ [Mergiraf](https://mergiraf.org/) is a syntax-aware [git merge driver](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_performing_a_three_way_merge)
+  (and a `mergiraf` command line tool that helps solving merge conflicts)
+  for a growing collection of programming languages and file formats.
+  Adding new language to Mergiraf is done in a declarative way.
+  Written in Rust, under GPLv3 license.
+    + The author recommends using Mergiraf together with [Difftastic](https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/),
+      a structural diff tool that understands syntax, mentioned in
+      [Git Rev News Edition #86](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2022/04/30/edition-86/).
++ [Diffdiff.net](https://diffdiff.net/) (formerly diff.so) is a web application
+  that provides fast, [private](https://diffdiff.net/privacy) way to compare two pieces of text
+  in a "split diff"/"side diff" view, side by side with highlighting the text that is different
+  from the text on the other side.
+
+<!-- proprietary tools -->
+
++ [DiffLens](https://www.difflens.com/) - The Developer's Diff Tool.
+  Provides language-aware semantic diffs for GitHub Pull Requests,
+  adding them as a comment to the pull request.
+  Available as the [GitHub app](https://github.com/marketplace/difflens)
+  or the [VS Code Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DiffLens.difflens).
+  Proprietary tool, with 14 days free trial, and [demo](https://www.difflensapp.com/difflensDemo2_849ca26f9ee09faa084cbdcdc90b6f90f8ce8495).
+  See above for possible alternatives.
+
 
 ## Releases