Dale Forester questions

• How can I follow a particular CPAN module's updates?
• Easiest way to treat number as numeric in perl?
• How do you manage large git repositories?
• Perl shallow syntax check? ie. do not check syntax of imports
• Git diff tool on every commit?
• 'git checkout' - how can I maintain timestamps when switching branches?
• How do we verify commit messages for a push?
• How to restore the permissions of files and directories within git if they have been modified?
• How to tell if a file is git tracked (by shell exit code)?
• How do I clone into a non-empty directory?

Dale Forester answers