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Episode 40: Merge Commits Are Evil

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⭐️ This Week's Topics

  • The need for git as a modern developer
  • Basic usage of git
  • MacOS versioning is similar but different
  • Using Git as a note taking tool (in the command line, preferably) to get more comfortable with it.
  • Good commit messages and staging
  • Setting up a global git ignore file
  • Git Apps:

🚧 #CompleteTheCode

This week's #CompleteTheCode:

Assuming these steps need to be performed in the order they are presented, how would you improve this code?
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// Assuming these steps need to be performed in the order
// they are presented, how would you improve this code?
let results = array
    .map { $0.path }
    .filter { $0.hasPrefix("/Documents") }
    .compactMap { $0.components(separatedBy: "/").last }
    .prefix(maxEntries)

Be sure to tweet us with hashtag #CompleteTheCode if you know the answer!

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