pre-commit is a framework to run hooks written in many languages, and it manages the language toolchain and dependencies for running the hooks.

prek is a reimagined version of pre-commit, built in Rust. It is designed to be a faster, dependency-free and drop-in alternative for it, while also providing some additional long-requested features.

tldr

[column]
        ui = auto
[branch]
        sort = -committerdate
[tag]
        sort = version:refname
[init]
        defaultBranch = main
[diff]
        algorithm = histogram
        colorMoved = plain
        mnemonicPrefix = true
        renames = true
[push]
        default = simple
        autoSetupRemote = true
        followTags = true
[fetch]
        prune = true
        pruneTags = true
        all = true

# why the hell not?

[help]
        autocorrect = prompt
[commit]
        verbose = true
[rerere]
        enabled = true
        autoupdate = true
[core]
        excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
[rebase]
        autoSquash = true
        autoStash = true
        updateRefs = true

# a matter of taste (uncomment if you dare)

[core]
        # fsmonitor = true
        # untrackedCache = true
[merge]
        # (just 'diff3' if git version < 2.3)
        # conflictstyle = zdiff3 
[pull]
        # rebase = true

Git-Truck is a tool that provides you with a truckload of visualizations for your git repository, and helps you find out if your project has a good truck factor.

tldr: git merge --allow-unrelated-histories

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge#Documentation/git-merge.txt---allow-unrelated-histories

Scriv is a command-line tool for helping developers maintain useful changelogs. It manages a directory of changelog fragments. It aggregates them into entries in a CHANGELOG file.