A bad idea that won't die, and now microsoft is mindlessly prompting it. I am fed up with coming across naive teams that have been fooled into thinking it is a better way because it looks more complex.
www.endoflineblog.com/gitflow-cons...

Releases · timabell/gitopolis Manage multiple git repositories - CLI tool - run commands, clone, and organize repos with tags - timabell/gitopolis

A small flurry of slightly obscure improvements to gitopolis

github.com/timabell/git...

Broken up into small releases because of #ContinuousDelivery from `main`

#git #RustLang #CLI

Markdown Neuraxis Android Release v0.0.23 · timabell/markdown-neuraxis

github.com/timabell/mar...

Now with a well behaved "done" button for editing text (so that you can still use the keyboard enter button)

#Android #FOSS #Markdown #SideProject #PKMS #TodayIMade #SmallWins #Kotlin #ClaudeCode

Table parsing/display/editing now working in mdnx

github.com/timabell/mar...

#Markdown all the things.

The core syntax/parsing engine seems to be in decent shape now allowing easier iteration on things like this.

Releases · timabell/disk-hog-backup A work in progress project for backing up to external disk, making best use of the available space - timabell/disk-hog-backup

New releases of disk-hog-backup
github.com/timabell/dis...

More backup space saving
- support for sparse files
- hardlinking moved files

#Backup #LocalFirst #RustLang

🕵️ Alpha testing wanted · timabell markdown-neuraxis · Discussion #18 The app is at the point now I could use some input from people who would seriously consider a tool like this. Please try out the latest release for your platform(s) and add to this discussion with ...

Help alpha-test markdown-neuraxis

github.com/timabell/mar...

It's a #FOSS #Markdown #Outliner with #LocalFirst #Privacy

Nice tidy bullet rendering on android *and* a automatic build/release github actions pipeline. What's not to like.

github.com/timabell/mar... <- automatic build and release of v0.0.12

Thank you github for providing free build agents for public repos, absolute godsend for #FOSS

#Markdown #Android

Release of markdown-neuraxis v0.0.11 has collapsible headings/bullets, which I think qualifies it as an #outliner

github.com/timabell/mar...

A #SideProject #SmallWin for the love of #FOSS #Markdown #Privacy

I'm hoping eventually this will be a haven as an alternative to #LogSeq

Release v0.0.10 · timabell/markdown-neuraxis v0.0.10 All Platforms 🐛 Bug Fixes Exclude closing fence markers from code block content (5df2b9d) Clicking nested blocks inside list items now focuses the correct element (e3e8f52) Dioxus Desktop...

markdown-neuraxis - alpha release v0.0.10
github.com/timabell/mar...
Early testers & ideas wanted for this #FOSS #Markdown #PKMS tool, with #GTD & #PARA to come in time.

refactor: Replace treesitter parser with rowan parser · timabell/markdown-neuraxis@40b1087 Complete rewrite of the parsing engine having run into the limitations of the pre-built treesitter-markdown parser. See new ADR-12 added in this commit for details of this decision

A mammoth 10k-line patch just merged to main for markdown-neuraxis - a complete replacement of markdown parsing engine

github.com/timabell/mar...

This should prove a good foundation for the ambitious goals of the project.

#PKMS #Markdown #FOSS #RustLang

Automatic release notes with semantic commits and git-cliff Helping teams ship software to be proud of.

New blog post: "Automatic release notes with semantic commits and git-cliff"

0x5.uk/2026/03/12/a...

#git #development

I've made & published a new VSCode extension to make headings and bullets collapsible in the default markdown preview pane.

github.com/timabell/vsc...

#VSCode #plugin #outliner #FOSS #markdown

snapshot testing of new wip markdown-neuraxis markdown parser with insta #RustLang crate

my stars are rising... slowly

www.star-history.com#timabell/git...

Keep Android Open Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Quick, sideload markdown-neuraxis while you still can 😬

keepandroidopen.org

#StallmanWasRight
#Android

sln-item-sync now has better sln folder detection, better version info, better automated build/release, and runs under dotnet 8/9/10

github.com/timabell/sln...

#dotnet #foss #DotnetTool #SideProject

More UI elements on the markdown-neuraxis android notes app. It's coming together!
github.com/timabell/mar...

#PKMS #Markdown #Android #Outliner #FOSS #Maker #Hashtags

My nascent android version of markdown-neuraxis is now pretty snappy at hunting down markdown files and showing them.

Grab the apk here if you want to kick the tyres: github.com/timabell/mar...

1. Discuss & research design with Chat-GPT
2. Get ChatGPT to write up and ADR
3. Download it as a markdown file and check it in to the git repo
4. Get claude code to implement it

E.g. this one I just created: github.com/timabell/mar...

Manage multiple local git repositories with gitopolis YouTube video by Tim Abell

"Manage multiple local git repositories with gitopolis"

I posted this demo vid to youtube. Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-GU...

GitHub - timabell/disk-hog-backup: A work in progress project for backing up to external disk, making best use of the available space A work in progress project for backing up to external disk, making best use of the available space - timabell/disk-hog-backup

I'm officially dog-fooding disk-hog-backup - all my backups to external hdd on the currently active disks are entirely created by disk-hog-backup, that's quite a milestone for a small FOSS side project.

github.com/timabell/dis...

Software Should be Free | Xmas 2025 - open source and client project updates Inspired by https://www.justfivemins.com/p/episode-146-christmas-day-2025-editionhappy xmas!FOSS projects this year of 2025:- https://github.com/timabell/disk-hog-backup- https://github.com/timabel...

🎙️Happy Xmas, plus a little insight into my 2025 FOSS shenanigans

pod.0x5.uk/32

#podcast

Good bye asdf-vm hello mise-en-place

mise.jdx.dev/dev-tools/co...

Xmas 2025 - open source and client project updates Inspired by...

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Software Should be Free: Xmas 2025 - open source and client project updates. Have a listen:

Release v0.5.0 · timabell/disk-hog-backup [0.5.0] - 2025-12-13 Bug Fixes Continue backup on source permission errors instead of hard failing (#89) Chores Bump the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates Upgrade build to latest ...

Disk-hog no longer crashes when it can't read a file mid-backup. Hurrah!

github.com/timabell/dis...

#NoCloud

Running dotnet microservices in Aspire without a project reference Helping teams ship software to be proud of.

"Running dotnet microservices in Aspire without a project reference – Tim Abell"
0x5.uk/2025/11/11/r...
#dotnet #aspire

crates.io: Rust Package Registry

If you like #RustLang AND gitopolis (the git repo manager), 👉 you can now `cargo install gitopolis` 🦀🎁🎉

crates.io/crates/gitop...

Release v1.12.0 · timabell/gitopolis [1.12.0] - 2025-10-26 Features Support comma-separated tag lists (#216) Allow filtering on multiple tags for list/exec etc with AND/OR logic (#14) Bug Fixes Replace TODO panic messages with desc...

Release v1.12.0 of gitopolis hot on the heels of v1.11.0

github.com/timabell/git...

Major feature addition is boolean AND/OR combining of tags for filtering.

I think this is going to be very useful.

Using Gitopolis to Manage Multiple Git Repositories Helping teams ship software to be proud of.

A little story of an imaginary team of devs using Gitopolis to manage multiple Git repositories, based on my actual experiences in real teams.

0x5.uk/2025/10/25/u...

Can you relate to the challenges? How do you solve the hassles of all those microservice repos?

Release v1.11.0 · rustworkshop/gitopolis [1.11.0] - 2025-10-24 Chores Dependency upgrades Features Sort repos alphabetically in stored config Sort tags alphabetically in stored config Case-insensitive sorting of list output

Gitopolis v1.11.0 now sorts repos and tags (case insensitive). This will affect the config sorting but mean it's more stable for diff and merge longer term
github.com/rustworkshop...