Hi, I'm mcpower. I've done Advent of Code seriously for two years now in Python, placing 9th in 2018 and 12th in 2017. This year, I'm taking a break from aiming for the leaderboard - while it's fun and all, it is a bit stressful at times (the good kind of stress, though!). As such, I'd like to share a few tips for anyone wanting to aim for the leaderboard.
This is everything that worked for me. Your mileage may vary, though - don't take this as gospel, see what works for you.
Go fast.
git config --global alias.branch-sort "for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(HEAD) %(color:yellow)%(refname:short)%(color:reset) - %(color:red)%(objectname:short)%(color:reset) - %(contents:subject) - %(authorname) (%(color:green)%(committerdate:relative)%(color:reset))'"
FINALLY no need for tricks!
bonus tip: for more darkness > https://darkreader.org/
#Create bitbucket branch
##Create local branch
$ git checkout -b sync
Switched to a new branch 'sync'
$ git branch
master
* sync
| $ git branch -r --merged | | |
| grep origin | | |
| grep -v '>' | | |
| grep -v master | | |
| xargs -L1 | | |
| awk '{split($0,a,"/"); print a[2]}' | | |
| xargs git push origin --delete |