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Matt Stratton

Matt Stratton

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Co-Host, Arrested DevOps (Podcast)

Chicago

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technology community engagement. government

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Total articles 201

  • Check if you are breaking your admin rules in your GitHub repos

    By Matty Stratton, Matt Stratton| DEV Community@ Branch protection rules in GitHub are powerful! We can set rules that don't allow folks to commit directly to main, as well as enforce that PRs need to be reviewed and approved, and have required checks before merging. However, often we allow admin folks on the repo to be able to bypass these restrictions (the infamous "Merge without waiting for requirements to be met (bypass rules)" checkbox), which can be useful - checks can get stuck, sometimes we do need to do an emergency fix, etc.

    By Matty Stratton, Matt Stratton · DEV Community

    Mar. 24, 2025

  • How to Make Powerline in VS Code Work

    By Matt Stratton| Built In Verified Powerline is a statusline plugin originally created for use in vim, and can also be used for statuslines and prompts in other tools, including bash, zsh and other shells. The shell feature in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is one of those use cases. What Is Powerline in Visual Studio Code (VS Code)? Powerline is a statusline and prompt plugin that can be used in the shell feature for Visual Studio Code.

    By Matt Stratton · Built In

    Sep. 12, 2024

  • Check if you are breaking your admin rules in your GitHub repos

    By Matty Stratton, Matt Stratton| DEV Community@ Branch protection rules in GitHub are powerful! We can set rules that don't allow folks to commit directly to main, as well as enforce that PRs need to be reviewed and approved, and have required checks before merging. However, often we allow admin folks on the repo to be able to bypass these restrictions (the infamous "Merge without waiting for requirements to be met (bypass rules)" checkbox), which can be useful - checks can get stuck, sometimes we do need to do an emergency fix, etc.

    By Matty Stratton, Matt Stratton · DEV Community

    Mar. 24, 2025

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Arrested DevOps (Podcast)